My first Sturges. A movie expostulating on what makes a good movie-- what people want. Hilarious, self-aware and impressively intelligent. I could see someone remaking this but easily going off message. Great follow up of Barbary Coast because here is Joel McCrea, not WASP miner but film director who travels among the little people as a big man, then becomes one of the little people himself. Great line, "but film directors don't go to prison!"
Peresblancs Classic B-Movie Reviews
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Sullivan's Travels (1941), Preston Sturges.
My first Sturges. A movie expostulating on what makes a good movie-- what people want. Hilarious, self-aware and impressively intelligent. I could see someone remaking this but easily going off message. Great follow up of Barbary Coast because here is Joel McCrea, not WASP miner but film director who travels among the little people as a big man, then becomes one of the little people himself. Great line, "but film directors don't go to prison!"
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