The following article on The Great Santini is part of Esmarelda’s Summer Seventies Series. I’ve been taking a Directing course at UCLA on Thursday nights for the past ten weeks and about two weeks ago I found myself stranded in Los Angeles for a few hours while I waited … [Read More]
There is a great scene in “Ocean’s Twelve” (a very underrated chapter in the “Ocean’s” series) where Brad Pitt (Rusty) and George Clooney (Danny) haze Matt Damon’s Linus, who has requested to take on more of a leadership role in their current job. It’s a great scene performed with assistance … [Read More]
The following is part of Esmarelda’s Summer Seventies Series. “Wanda” is a week in the life of an aimless alcoholic who is less struggling to survive and more falling into the next free meal. She is too slow to work more hours at her factory job, she has zero interest … [Read More]
The following is a part of Esmarelda’s Summer Seventies Series I’ll tell you one thing about me: I am nothing if not a sucker for a great intro. The slick harmonica that plays over the credits of “Buck and the Preacher” is cause enough for me to perk up my … [Read More]
The following feature on Five Easy Pieces is part of “Esmarelda’s Summer Seventies Series.” Five Easy Pieces is about a man who can’t break up with his girlfriend. The movie begins as Bobby DuPea (Nicholson) comes home from a hard day of work on the oil rig. He grabs … [Read More]
Esmarelda’s Summer Seventies Series What if the most important filmmakers of all time snuck subliminal messages into their films for one person to decipher fifty years into the future? That sounds like the plot of a pretty cool movie, doesn’t it? Anyone who has taken an Introduction to Film course … [Read More]