Suburban Tales VIII: No Down Payment (1957)
In Suburban Tales VIII, I examine Martin Ritt’s film of John McPartland’s novel No Down Payment (1957), released on shiny Blu-ray by Twilight Time, plus some contemporary parallels…
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BR: No Down Payment (1957)
Martin Ritt’s second film as director is this lesser known, slightly star-studded drama based on a novel by pulp writer John McPartland, and both the film and novel were reportedly the inspiration for Knots Landing…
Tales of Long Gone Hot Summers
It might be October, but it sure feels like a warm August, so let’s dig into William Faulkner’s The Long, Hot Summer (1958) + Tennessee Williams’ Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) on Blu from Twilight Time.
BR: Conrack (1974)
The first film version of Pat Conroy’s autobiographical novel The Water is Wide is very much a reflection of the late sixties / early seventies, where a new crop of freshly minted teachers were keen on changing the world, bucking a conservative regime, and improving the lives of disenfranchised, marginalized kids, and empowering them with knowledge…
Rebel Pedagogues, Part 2: Jon Voight is Conrack
Review of Twilight Time’s Blu-ray edition of Martin Ritt’s Conrack (1974), based on Pat Conroy’s book “The Water is Wide”.
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