What stood out to me the most in thus great film was the marvelous and heart wrenching performance of the under appreciated Phyllis Thaxter. Those two scenes,first when she bleaches her dark hair so bright blond to compete with Patricia Neal,and secondly,when she pleads with Garfield to let the doctor amputate his arm,are just heart breaking. She is so absolutely convincing when she cries,"If they don't amputate your arm ,you'll die Harry,don't leave me all alone !" She was never better! And Garfield too.
Good to hear concurrence that there were real creative advantages in the studio contract system of decades past, including "access to that level of craftsmanship and speed and to have that industry supporting you."
That was great! Nice color, too. Enjoyed hearing Payne say what I've thought so often: What Muller has to say about the films is often better than the actual film itself. His intros and outros are great! And I'm so glad we have youtube so somebody is making those available. I guess in this case it's Muller's worthy org. Eddie, you're a treasure! Not just your immense, detailed knowledge. But your wonderful way with words and storytelling. -your fan in the Czech Republic
OMG! What a great INTELLIGENT conversation about films. I'm well familar with Eddie Muller but I had never heard Alexander Payne talk before and after these 21 minutes, I have a better idea of WHY I like films he's done like "Election" and "Sideways." He has an intense knowledge of story development as well as actors, directors and technical people like Ted McCord and James Wong Howe. And, Warner Brothers is my favorite of the old time studios, too!
Great chat ! Two wonderfully creative fellas ! Many thanks for sharing with us ! But Mr Payne makes a mistake at 16:22. He said Patricia Neal was in "Young Man with A Horn" but she was NOT in that film. Though he's right her being in Michael Curtiz's other two 1950 Warner Bros releases ("Bright Leaf" and "The Breaking Point").
@@capayne1 You're quite welcome ! I hope Mr Payne & Mr Muller will have more chats like this ! Between them is some priceless knowledge about vintage films and also some wonderful creativity ! Thank you SO much for your follow up comment ! CHEERS !! :-)
Not everyone hated Mike Curtiz. John Garfield loved working with him, same with Claude Rains. James Cagney thought he was a real son of a bitch, but a talented one. "He always knew where to put the camera."
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What stood out to me the most in thus great film was the marvelous and heart wrenching performance of the under appreciated Phyllis Thaxter. Those two scenes,first when she bleaches her dark hair so bright blond to compete with Patricia Neal,and secondly,when she pleads with Garfield to let the doctor amputate his arm,are just heart breaking. She is so absolutely convincing when she cries,"If they don't amputate your arm ,you'll die Harry,don't leave me all alone !" She was never better! And Garfield too.
Good to hear concurrence that there were real creative advantages in the studio contract system of decades past, including "access to that level of craftsmanship and speed and to have that industry supporting you."
Well said and well put !
Interesting discussion about a great film.
That was great! Nice color, too. Enjoyed hearing Payne say what I've thought so often: What Muller has to say about the films is often better than the actual film itself. His intros and outros are great! And I'm so glad we have youtube so somebody is making those available. I guess in this case it's Muller's worthy org. Eddie, you're a treasure! Not just your immense, detailed knowledge. But your wonderful way with words and storytelling. -your fan in the Czech Republic
OMG! What a great INTELLIGENT conversation about films. I'm well familar with Eddie Muller but I had never heard Alexander Payne talk before and after these 21 minutes, I have a better idea of WHY I like films he's done like "Election" and "Sideways." He has an intense knowledge of story development as well as actors, directors and technical people like Ted McCord and James Wong Howe. And, Warner Brothers is my favorite of the old time studios, too!
Great chat ! Two wonderfully creative fellas ! Many thanks for sharing with us ! But Mr Payne makes a mistake at 16:22. He said Patricia Neal was in "Young Man with A Horn" but she was NOT in that film. Though he's right her being in Michael Curtiz's other two 1950 Warner Bros releases ("Bright Leaf" and "The Breaking Point").
RIght you are! I knew that but slipped. Thank you! Alexander Payne
@@capayne1 You're quite welcome ! I hope Mr Payne & Mr Muller will have more chats like this ! Between them is some priceless knowledge about vintage films and also some wonderful creativity ! Thank you SO much for your follow up comment ! CHEERS !! :-)
Greece where Tom Hanks relocated, I wonder if this guy is in the same category
Not everyone hated Mike Curtiz. John Garfield loved working with him, same with Claude Rains. James Cagney thought he
was a real son of a bitch, but a talented one. "He always knew where to put the camera."
Great conversation!! I may have under appreciated this picture! Thanks for doing this guys!
Amen to that !!