Some movies get better every time you see them.
You discover something new. A performance suddenly knocks you out. You notice how the music impacts the film as a whole. Or maybe, after seeing it five times, you finally really get it.
One that really hits me in a different way ever time I see it is Walter Hill’s The Driver (1978).
I’m curious, what movies do that to you?
I find that with a lot of vintage Eastwood/Siegel-together or separate.
MADIGAN,CHARLEY VARRICK,COOGAN’S BLUFF,and in particular
THE BEGUILED their Southerrn Gothic masterpiece-not for all tastes
certainly but plenty to rediscover and Kino’s latest restored version also
has a great Kat Ellinger commentary with a whole host of background
info.PLAY MISTY FOR ME as well; last viewing I somehow found myself
with far more sympathy for Jessica Walter’s character the “Deli Sandwich”
bit seems to have eluded me on previous viewings-no big deal really
but I have recently developed a huge taste for deli sandwiches.
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John, you’re so right, Siegel’s pictures offer up new riches every time you revisit them. Watching Charley Varrick over and over while prepping for the commentary really drove that home. I never got tired of it, and I’d find something new to marvel with each pass.
Dirty Harry works the same way for me.
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