tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851593288215620717.post5904281907241156755..comments2024-02-25T03:29:01.043+00:00Comments on Mike's Movie Projector: The Misfits and those Sixties dramasMichael O'Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820802843771524920noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851593288215620717.post-69074870051024706692015-06-19T17:10:31.423+01:002015-06-19T17:10:31.423+01:00Lovely comments! Lovely comments! Michael O'Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17820802843771524920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851593288215620717.post-74579600535887811632015-06-18T14:40:14.031+01:002015-06-18T14:40:14.031+01:00Misfits certainly did usher in a new era of somber...Misfits certainly did usher in a new era of somber B&W dramas, as you have noted...starring a girl who we thought was pure Technicolor (though she was comedically Chaplinesque in the B&W Some Like It Hot)...<br /><br />The Misfits is one of my all-time favorite films, but you have to be in a certain mood to enjoy its relentlessly dark and downbeat soulfulness. Poor Mr. Miller was obviously in need of an antidepressant while writing this, but his dolefulness is so brilliantly poetic. Everyone shines in this...some of Monty's and Gable's best moments on film, as well as Monroe's.<br /><br />Thanks for the shout-out to the formidable and marvelous Thelma Ritter, who is rarely afforded such a meaty supporting role. I agree that she is underused in films like All About Eve and Pillow Talk...probably because she was a brilliant scene-stealer 9without even trying).angelman66https://www.blogger.com/profile/16471674180789592940noreply@blogger.com