Paul Newman – Yesterday's Movies

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

November 13, 2023November 13, 2023temporalparadoxLeave a comment

Before watching the movie:

I am realizing now how many of the movies with title duos that come to mind as the most legendary are mainly known for their ending scenes. The ambush of Bonnie and Clyde, the Bolivian Army shootout, and another that’s coming that can probably be guessed at. So obviously all I know is how this movie ends.

I have the impression that this movie is held up as an example of machismo and friendship. Butch and Sundance in popular culture sound like tough guys who are devoted to each other in that unspoken and stoic way that Manly Men are allowed to love each other.

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The Sting

August 12, 2016temporalparadoxLeave a comment

Before watching the movie:

What caught my attention was the Norman Rockwell/Saturday Evening Post style of the poster. Being a 70s movie, that may have little to do with the content of the movie and more with the state of movie poster art in the 1970s, but it suggests a throwback to the nostalgic view of the 1930s the movie is set in.

The synopses I’ve seen paint it as a dysfunctional duo of con men looking to steal a fortune from a mobster with a gambling scam. I’m not sure I’ve ever actually seen Robert Redford in anything yet, and I’ve been meaning to for a long time. I get the impression this is a high-stakes comedy, which is one of the best, or at least most respectable kinds.

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The Hudsucker Proxy

December 9, 2011temporalparadoxLeave a comment

Before watching the movie:

The plot reminds me vaguely of Trading Places, without the “trading places” part. A guy lands in the CEO position of a major company because somebody above him is plotting nefariously. It’s a comedy! Tim Robbins and Paul Newman are in it! It’s made by the Coen Brothers! It’s a comedy!

I’m hoping for Wall Street meets The Secret of My Success.

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