I'm just what is around you

[sovay]

In my defense, Whit Bissell was not in "The Woman Who Fell to Earth" (2018), but he sure was in Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954). I may write about this movie; I ordered it from the library last week when I was thinking about prison noir based on Brute Force (1947) and I wish I'd seen some intermediary examples to compare with, but it's fast, ferocious, and the punch of its Pyrrhic victory for prison reform has only gotten more extra-diegetically upsetting in light of what hasn't changed—or has worsened—in the last sixty years. Cast entirely composed of character actors, most of whom I've never seen anywhere near a leading role before. So who plays the unsympathetic screw turned favorite hostage of the prisoners forced to bargain for their own rights?



Me to spatch: "Did I accidentally summon him? Is he just in my movies now?"

Comments

[gwynnega]

Character actors do seem to do that, once one becomes aware of one of them. On the other hand, the phenomenon could make a great weird story.

[thisbluespirit]

Me to [personal profile] spatch: "Did I accidentally summon him? Is he just in my movies now?"

Ah, we've reached the bit where now he's actively stalking you round everything you watch.

[davidgillon]

Not prison noir, but waterfront noir, so I instantly thought of you when I stumbled on this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Cover_the_Waterfront

[selkie]

To be fair to the month of October, the number of films he acted in is between hella and hrair.

[dhampyresa]

Did I accidentally summon him? Is he just in my movies now?
Iä! Iä! Characteractors-gurath!

[ashlyme]

*In my defense, Whit Bissell was not in "The Woman Who Fell to Earth"*

No, but I'm sure he'll be in tonight's episode... Should I be afraid?