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   Hello JOE MACKEY!   
      
   ** On Monday 15.02.21 - 06:14, JOE MACKEY wrote to AUGUST ABOLINS:   
      
    >> I just finished watching the film last night.  It is NOT very   
    >> good imho.   
      
    JM>   I have seen many movies that people would rave about   
    JM>   being the best ever, etc and think "What's the big deal?"   
    JM>   And don't get me started on critics.  I have found any   
    JM>   film they pan I rather enjoy and the ones they bragged   
    JM>   about was nothing/seldom anything special.   
      
   I have had the same experience with some films.  But this one     
   was NOT as effective as the book. In the book, you get a much     
   better sense of his growing obsession with the missing Laura. In     
   the film, there is far too much of going for the booze and     
   "wanna cigarette?" to fill in the apparently moody and     
   thoughtful moments that would be "explained" in the book.   
      
    >> All the actors seem to be playing thespian (like they are in   
    >> a stage play) ...their expressions and delivery seem to be   
    >> overly dramatic most of the time.   
      
    JM>    Always liked Clifton Webb's character.  Webb was a bit   
    JM>    over the top with his acting.   
      
   Dana Andrews (the investigator) was cool and played the     
   character with restraint. Gene Tierny has a beautiful profile -     
   among other things.  But Webb, kinda overdid some scenes.   
      
    >> Vincent Price was terrible and unconvincing.   
      
    JM>   At times Vincent Price was a bit a hammy.  To me that was   
    JM>   part of his style.   
      
   True.  But he found his niche in horror films in the 50's. I     
   forgot that he was in Edward Scissorhanads - a fine film that     
   takes advantage of his type-casting as an evil man, yet played     
   in a film that is basically a comedy and caters to the hammy     
   style that you mention.   
      
    JM>    My civilian boss a few years was nearly a double for Bea   
    JM>    Arthur in looks and personality.   
      
   I have identified several people in my town that could pass as     
   doubles for celebs.  Myself, I would say that the Canadian     
   novelist Peter Robinson resembles me, but he's about 8 years     
   older than me and more overweight.   
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