I loved it from the first time I saw it; I've seen it half a dozen times since and every time something new has turned up. I used to say it was my favorite Hawks except for The Big Sleep (1946), but now I think I might as well drop that qualification. I write more easily about The Big Sleep.
I love the notion of five characters orbiting and interacting like that[<--epicycles! That's the word I wanted to describe this]
I like that! I tend to think of them in terms of interlocking triangles (any of which could furnish an A-plot on their own; it's why I'm not sure this movie has B-plots so much as a sort of revolving lighthouse beam of authorial attention) but I like your orrery better.
"Barranca" makes me think simultaneously of "Avianca"--name of Colombia's national carrier--and "Barranquilla," a city name in Colombia--though not up in the mountains.
Oh, neat. I think it may also just be a kind of craggy topography (internet translates "canyon" or "ravine," which would certainly suit the film's terrain), but I like that there are real-world echoes.
There's what looks like an almost complete version available on YouTube; putting it on the list for me and Wakanomori.
I really hope you enjoy it! It's also in the TCM buffer right now, if you have access to that.
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I loved it from the first time I saw it; I've seen it half a dozen times since and every time something new has turned up. I used to say it was my favorite Hawks except for The Big Sleep (1946), but now I think I might as well drop that qualification. I write more easily about The Big Sleep.
I love the notion of five characters orbiting and interacting like that[<--epicycles! That's the word I wanted to describe this]
I like that! I tend to think of them in terms of interlocking triangles (any of which could furnish an A-plot on their own; it's why I'm not sure this movie has B-plots so much as a sort of revolving lighthouse beam of authorial attention) but I like your orrery better.
"Barranca" makes me think simultaneously of "Avianca"--name of Colombia's national carrier--and "Barranquilla," a city name in Colombia--though not up in the mountains.
Oh, neat. I think it may also just be a kind of craggy topography (internet translates "canyon" or "ravine," which would certainly suit the film's terrain), but I like that there are real-world echoes.
There's what looks like an almost complete version available on YouTube; putting it on the list for me and Wakanomori.
I really hope you enjoy it! It's also in the TCM buffer right now, if you have access to that.