Read my ★★★★★ review of the 1980 cult classic #TheStuntMan, simultaneously a paen to, and a cautionary tale about, the auteur-driven filmmaking of the 1970s New Hollywood era. A fascinatingly unique film that will never be able to be shot this way again, it's well worth your time if you've never seen it.
2024 movie watches, #75. I saw this 1980 cult classic a bunch of times right after it first came out, because it was one of those fabled films on heavy rotation on early cable television right when my sensibilities about the arts were first starting to be defined. I really enjoyed it back as a kid, merely for the insane amount of stunts being featured in this film literally devoted to the subject; but it was only after watching it this week, 45 years later as a middle-ager, that I’ve come to realize what an incredible record of and paen
Getting classy tonight on #Cultshelf. It's got Oscar nominations. It's bonafide.
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