tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12917687.post3894395089035080058..comments2008-07-14T08:39:51.089-04:00Matt Zoller Seitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16921028537989131859noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12917687.post-29901666131234186882008-07-14T08:39:51.089-04:002008-07-14T08:39:51.089-04:00hello anonymouses-<BR/><BR/>The Wild Bunch is fine but doesn't fit in a biographical approach to looking at the Hollywood parodies and war films he made. The Bridge on the River Kwai had already played by the time this ran, as did another war film he made, one of my favorite films of all time, The Bridges at Toko-Ri.m.b.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13548387239763399282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12917687.post-70714830337297194122008-07-12T17:33:00.000-04:002008-07-12T17:33:00.000-04:00I'm more shocked she didn't mention the Bridge on the River Kwai while talking about war movies. That character and movie pretty embody everything that was so good about his career. yep.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12917687.post-39827689710023999322008-07-12T01:47:00.000-04:002008-07-12T01:47:00.000-04:00No real movie fan - as contrast with a critic/pundit/know it all could fail to write more than a paragraph about William Holden and not discuss his role in "The Wild Bunch"<BR/><BR/>Ms Bale (who announces herself as “a feminist, freelance writer and occasional filmmaker”) has (1) not seen the uncut version of "The Wild Bunch", or (2) didn't have a clue as to what it was about, or (3) both of above.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12917687.post-11702517642108670802008-07-12T00:04:00.000-04:002008-07-12T00:04:00.000-04:00he's also a damn fine good looking man based purely on aesthetics. there's a certain something else though, a certain world weariness and cynicism that he had even as a young man that made him irresistable. He's definitely one of the most underrated actors ever, too. He's not just some handsome face who lucked out with some decent performances in some classic movies. Its hard to explain, he was just so frickin complex.<BR/>I would love to live in New York and check out this film fest. Re-visit some old favourites and check out a few I've missed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12917687.post-55105802089198384162008-07-11T12:17:52.282-04:002008-07-11T12:17:52.282-04:00(ah, I tried to respond but messed up.) <BR/>I meant proven more by observation & experiment (i.e. Breezy!) than by theory. aesthetics instead of science and--I confess--used a little loosely.m.b.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13548387239763399282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12917687.post-21188963699317324332008-07-11T10:09:00.000-04:002008-07-11T10:09:00.000-04:00"empirically handsome". What does that mean?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com