Friday, April 19, 2024

The Comet Is Coming: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert (2020)

 



The Late Show (1977)

 


Directed by Robert Benton. Art Carney, Lily Tomlin, Bill Macy, Joanna Cassidy, Eugene Roche. Private detective and a missing cat. Found on Tubi.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Late_Show_(film)

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-late-show-1977




Chili drying, Isletta, New Mexico

 


The Last of Sheila (1973)

 


Directed by Herbert Ross. Richard Benjamin, Dyan Cannon, James Coburn, Joan Hackett, James Mason. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_of_Sheila

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-last-of-sheila-1973


https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2020-01-24/dyan-cannon-and-richard-benjamin-fondly-look-back-at-the-last-of-sheila

https://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s1185last.html

https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/22057/the-last-of-sheila#articles-reviews?articleId=362729

Stanley Lake, Custer County, Idaho

 


Thursday, April 18, 2024

The Outfit (1973)

 




Directed by John Flynn. Robert Duvall, Joe Don Baker, Karen Black, Robert Ryan. From the novel by Richard Stark (Donald E. Westlake.)  I have this DVD, and the book.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Outfit_(1973_film)

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-outfit-1973


https://www.derekwinnert.com/the-outfit-1973-robert-duvall-joe-don-baker-karen-black-robert-ryan-classic-movie-review-5278/

https://craneshot.blogspot.com/2015/05/the-outfit.html

Filling station. Orofino, Idaho


 

Straight Time (1978)

 


Directed by Ulu Grosbard. Dustin Hoffman, Harry Dean Stanton, Gary Busey, M. Emmet Walsh, Kathy Bates. I have this DVD. From the book No Beast So Fierce by Edward Bunker. Cinematography by Owen Roizman.  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight_Time




South Sea Chinese Restaurant sign, Crestwood, Missouri

 


Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Get Carter (1971)

 


Directed by Mike Hodges. Michael Caine. I have this one on DVD. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_Carter

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/get-carter-1971


https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/63210/get-carter/

https://www.derekwinnert.com/get-carter-classic-film-review-21/

Type barn, characteristic of Idaho, on farm of older settler. Boundary County, Idaho

 


The Laughing Policeman (1973)

 


Directed by Stuart Rosenberg. Walter Matthau, Bruce Dern, Louis Gossett Jr., Paul Koslo. I also have this book.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Laughing_Policeman_(film)

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-laughing-policeman-1973


https://www.derekwinnert.com/the-laughing-policeman-1973-walter-matthau-bruce-dern-louis-gossett-jr-albert-paulsen-anthony-zerbe-classic-movie-review-7529/

http://every70smovie.blogspot.com/2012/03/laughing-policeman-1973.html

1972 Everglades Old Milwaukee beer commercial

 


Rick's Bar and Liquor sign, West Fargo, North Dakota

 


Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Night Moves (1975)

 


Directed by Arthur Penn. Gene Hackman, Susan Clark, Melanie Griffith. One of the great private detective movies.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Moves_(1975_film)

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/night-moves-1975

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-night-moves-1975


https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2010/feature-articles/loose-ends-in-night-moves-2/

https://trailersfromhell.com/night-moves/

https://www.cineaste.com/winter2017/night-moves

Wheat elevator. Latah County, Idaho

 


Hickey & Boggs (1972)

 


Directed by Robert Culp. Written by Walter Hill. Next on Tubi. Private detectives. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hickey_%26_Boggs


https://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s4674bogg.html

https://www.cineaste.com/winter2011/from-the-archives-hickey-boggs

Gentlemens' Delight

 


  • Tobacco label showing beautiful, raven haired maiden with a broken pearl necklace, from which she is collecting the pearls into a sea shell.
  • [187-?]
  • https://www.loc.gov/item/2001697793/