California Dreamin’: High Sierra (Raoul Walsh, 1941) Luke Goodsell September 2017 CTEQ Annotations on Film “Guys like you and Johnny Dillinger,” goes the famous line from Raoul Walsh’s exhilarating gangster classic High Sierra (Raoul Walsh, 1941), “are just rushing toward death.” The words refer to Humphrey Bogart’s...
Hauer’d to be a God: Flesh + Blood (Paul Verhoeven, 1985) Luke Goodsell June 2017 CTEQ Annotations on Film Against a verdant, sun-kissed field, a young betrothed couple – the handsome, callow hero and his flaxen-haired princess bride – swoon and banter. “Feel how my heart is beating for you,” she coos, pulling his ...
Privilege (Peter Watkins, 1967) Luke Goodsell March 2017 Love Letters: 1967 “Smile on your brother, everybody get together, try to love one another right now.” – The Youngbloods, “Get Together” “I hate you! I hate you! I hate you!” – Steven Shorter, Privilege In 1967, rock ‘n’ roll...