Kurt Russell is the platonic ideal of a macho American movie star: lantern jaw, dimpled chin, heroic bouffant… the works. The pleasure of Russell’s filmography is that he doesn’t shy away from this fact, but embraces it, goofs around with it.
Sure. But!
Bottom line: Kurt Russell is the greatest and everybody basically knows this, so we’re running a bunch of Kurt Russell movies. It’s just that simple.
"Kurt Russell: It's All in the Reflexes" includes some underrated gems ("Used Cars" and "Breakdown") ... some cheesy guilty pleasures ("Executive Decision" and "Tango & Cash") ... the cultyish ("Big Trouble in Little China") ... and the KR classics ("Escape From New York" and "The Thing.")
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And it will be good to see this again on a big screen...
6 comments:
Yo I have always longed for a Kurt Russell marathon celebration. He is one of my favorite actors. I wish they would show The Best of Times an underrated comedy with Kurt Russell and Robin Williams. I will be doing there! :clap-emoji:
Definitely has a rugged handsomeness.
Indeed, Kurt Russell is one of our greatest. It's lovely that Metrograph is giving Kurt some well deserved love but, sadly, the retrospective doesn't include his early work. Where are The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, Strongest Man in the World, Now You See Him, and even Follow Me Boys? All seminal Russell films!
Yes! The Disney Kurt years could be a retrospective on its own... add in Superdad and The Barefoot Executive.
Aside from that, Silkwood would have been a nice inclusion as it was his lone Oscar nom. (Or Elvis, a TV movie, for his Emmy nom).
Snake Plisken. Nuff said.😉
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes! Now that brings back some memories!
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