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And he asks us what we have done for our souls lately
I really need to be able to bilocate in June. From the titles on the HFA's as yet unlinked calendar, they are running what looks like at least a partial retrospective of the films of Robert Aldrich, including films on which Aldrich worked as assistant or uncredited director. That means I get to see Dan Duryea in World for Ransom (1954) and Van Heflin in The Prowler (1951), both of which recently made my radar; I have never seen Kiss Me Deadly (1955) and I've lost track of the number of times I've seen The Flight of the Phoenix (1965), but the former has the reputation of an apocalyptically brutal noir and the latter is one of my favorite movies, so expect to see me there for both. If it is a complete retrospective, eventually we'll get around to Too Late the Hero (1970), which was one of the first non-Indiana Jones movies in which I noticed Denholm Elliott, and presumably …All the Marbles (1981), which is the one with Peter Falk and a women's wrestling team, and if this programming means that I get to see The Frisco Kid (1979) on a big screen, I will be so happy. This bulletin brought to you by the realization that Robert Aldrich has been involved in a lot more movies I like and/or am interested in than I'd thought.
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For years it was one of my comfort movies; the only reason it hasn't been lately is that it's in a box with the rest of my DVDs. I class it mentally with The Great Escape (1963), but The Great Escape doesn't have Hardy Krüger.
Peter Falk was a genuine tough guy. I loved the early Columbo episodes where he played Columbo as a tough guy who hated murder.
I saw so many Columbo episodes growing up. I love him in Wings of Desire (1987), too.