Concert film documents the final performance of The Band, the rock, rhythm & blues group featuring Levon Helm on drums and vocals, Rick Danko on bass and vocals, Richard Manuel on piano, Garth Hudson on synthesizer, and Robbie Robertson on guitar. Robertson, the group’s principal songwriter, felt that after sixteen years on the road, he […]
Entries from February 2007
The Last Waltz (1978)
February 27th, 2007 · No Comments
Tags: Concert · Documentary · Music
New York, New York (1977)
February 25th, 2007 · No Comments
With celebration in the streets following the end of World War II, Jimmy Doyle (Robert DeNiro) enters a nightclub. He prowls through the party atmosphere and hits on every woman in sight. Jimmy has no one, and when he spots Francine Evans (Liza Minnelli) alone, he hounds her mercilessly. She spurns his advances, but doesn’t […]
Tags: Music
Taxi Driver (1976)
February 22nd, 2007 · No Comments
Travis Bickle (Robert DeNiro) applies for a job at a cab company, commenting to the punchy personnel man (Joe Spinell) that he can’t sleep, and wants to work long hours. We get hints of Travis’ background. Age, 26. Education, “Some, you know, here and there.” Military record: honorable discharge, 1973.
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Tags: Ambiguous ending · Famous line · Paranoia · Rated X
Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974)
February 21st, 2007 · 2 Comments
In Socorro, New Mexico, 35-year-old Alice Hyatt (Ellen Burstyn) is a nervous housewife who referees battles between her husband and their smart mouthed, 11-year-old son Tommy (Alfred Lutter), who lays on the floor between speakers blasting Mott the Hoople. To push Dad’s buttons further, Tommy puts salt in the sugar bowl and is chased out […]
Tags: Road trip
