tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539700916676246998.post7537563475203636263..comments2024-03-13T10:58:10.011-07:00Comments on Streams of Unconsciousness: The Rise and Fall of Eddie BartlettRichard Hourulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354136203258901360noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539700916676246998.post-29747990041563595032009-06-12T11:27:46.158-07:002009-06-12T11:27:46.158-07:00Riku, I watched this movie a couple of months ago,...Riku, I watched this movie a couple of months ago, largely because of your frequent praise of it, and I really liked it--your praise of its virtues is not in the least exaggerated. Although it was made years after the end of Prohibition and at the tail end of the Warners gangster cycle of the 30s, the story worked beautifully because it was presented as a recent period movie. I loved the way the plot used as its background the big events in American history from WW I to Prohibition. I noticed that it was based on a story by Mark Hellinger, whose name I recognized as the narrator and producer of "Naked City" (1948), that wonderful police procedural so obviously influenced by the Italian neo-realist films of the late 40s. Checking out his credits on IMDb, I noticed he also produced "They Drive by Night," "High Sierra" (doesn't the subplot with Priscilla Lane seem similar to the one with Joan Leslie in that movie?), "The Killers," and "Brute Force"--all wonderfully tough crime movies like "Roaring 20s." Thanks for the recommendation, and I unequivocally second it.R. D. Finchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05045080274131718843noreply@blogger.com