Friday, February 05, 2021

STRANGE ONE, BIG BOY, LOVE SENSATION

 TAKE A BOW “You’re a Big Boy Now,” is one of my favorite films with the nightlife scenes in the seedier parts of 1966 Times Square.   Couple that with frolicking in Central Park and you have a big wet kiss to Manhattan.  There’s also a nod to avant-garde theater and dance clubs with go-go dancers.  Elizabeth Hartman gets top billing as the fem-fatale heart breaker Barbara Darling but Geraldine Page playing the neurotic mom was nominated for an Oscar.  When Sun Coast Video opened in Southdale I bought the VHS tape. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061209/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0


AUTOCRAT.  Ben Gazzara is chilling in his 1957 film debut as a cunning viper out to destroy established authority at a military academy. The highly rated film also features George Peppard.  Docile fellow cadets sheep-like submit to his assumed authority.  Look for parallels with recent political events.  On the schedule for the Movies TV Channel in your city.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051019/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_3


LOVE SENSATION.  A 70s disco hit from r&b singer Loleatta Holloway is my favorite morning workout music.  Feel free to share music that jump starts you in the morning. I scored the LP at the clearance basement sale at the Wax Museum in the early 80s.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Sensation

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