Comments on: Torn Curtain (1966) http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/10/10/torn-curtain-1966/ Film reviews and commentary tonight, before I forget tomorrow Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:21:30 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Sajid A. latheef http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/10/10/torn-curtain-1966/comment-page-1/#comment-2303 Sajid A. latheef Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:15:16 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/10/10/torn-curtain-1966/#comment-2303 The common criticism about this film is accurate.It bores the audience except for the now famous murder-scene.Paul Newman and Julie Andrews fail miserably.Wolfgang Kieling as the menacing Gromek is excellent.Another interesting sequence is the encounter with Countess Kuchinska, played by Lila Kedrova. The common criticism about this film is accurate.It bores the audience except for the now famous murder-scene.Paul Newman and Julie Andrews fail miserably.Wolfgang Kieling as the menacing Gromek is excellent.Another interesting sequence is the encounter with Countess Kuchinska, played by Lila Kedrova.

]]> By: Joe Valdez http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/10/10/torn-curtain-1966/comment-page-1/#comment-1795 Joe Valdez Fri, 12 Oct 2007 01:12:28 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/10/10/torn-curtain-1966/#comment-1795 Hedwig: I sincerely hope that if Universal announces a remake of this film, they contact you to write the script. Reading your blog, I have no doubt whatsoever you could write a damn good one. Chuck: I can think of far worse movies to have to sit through. Sandra Bullock does not appear anywhere in <em>Torn Curtain</em>, however. Megan: I can't watch <em>Mary Poppins</em> or <em>The Sound of Music</em> with Julie Andrews in them. I thought she acquitted herself nicely as Dudley Moore's girlfriend in <em>10</em>, even if I could not imagine her having sex with anybody, much less sex with Dudley Moore. Damian: Now you have made the night I devote to <em>Topaz</em> truly one to dread. Thanks, man! Hedwig: I sincerely hope that if Universal announces a remake of this film, they contact you to write the script. Reading your blog, I have no doubt whatsoever you could write a damn good one.

Chuck: I can think of far worse movies to have to sit through. Sandra Bullock does not appear anywhere in Torn Curtain, however.

Megan: I can’t watch Mary Poppins or The Sound of Music with Julie Andrews in them. I thought she acquitted herself nicely as Dudley Moore’s girlfriend in 10, even if I could not imagine her having sex with anybody, much less sex with Dudley Moore.

Damian: Now you have made the night I devote to Topaz truly one to dread. Thanks, man!

]]> By: Damian http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/10/10/torn-curtain-1966/comment-page-1/#comment-1794 Damian Thu, 11 Oct 2007 23:28:48 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/10/10/torn-curtain-1966/#comment-1794 Well,... at least it's still better than <i>Topaz.</i> Well,… at least it’s still better than Topaz.

]]> By: Megan http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/10/10/torn-curtain-1966/comment-page-1/#comment-1792 Megan Thu, 11 Oct 2007 20:06:31 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/10/10/torn-curtain-1966/#comment-1792 I am fatally handicapped by the fact that I cannot watch Julie Andrews in anything but Mary Poppins or The Sound of Music. The indoctrination was just too strong, and I could never in a thousand years believe in a romance with Paul Newman. One of the reasons why I've never seen Torn Curtain! I am fatally handicapped by the fact that I cannot watch Julie Andrews in anything but Mary Poppins or The Sound of Music. The indoctrination was just too strong, and I could never in a thousand years believe in a romance with Paul Newman. One of the reasons why I’ve never seen Torn Curtain!

]]> By: Chuck http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/10/10/torn-curtain-1966/comment-page-1/#comment-1790 Chuck Thu, 11 Oct 2007 17:30:11 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/10/10/torn-curtain-1966/#comment-1790 I'm embarrassed to admit that I've never seen Torn Curtain, and I own the damn thing in a Hitchcock set I got a few years back. I'm kind of afraid of sitting through it, no one's ever said anything much good about it. But its Hitch, and after all the good he's brough I guess I should sit through it once. I’m embarrassed to admit that I’ve never seen Torn Curtain, and I own the damn thing in a Hitchcock set I got a few years back. I’m kind of afraid of sitting through it, no one’s ever said anything much good about it. But its Hitch, and after all the good he’s brough I guess I should sit through it once.

]]> By: Hedwig http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/10/10/torn-curtain-1966/comment-page-1/#comment-1788 Hedwig Thu, 11 Oct 2007 11:52:26 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/10/10/torn-curtain-1966/#comment-1788 As a physicist (in training), I so wanted to like this film...but you're right, this is a failure on all accounts, the only interesting scene being the extended, messy murder of Gromek. The plot is also a mess, and the only question I was pondering all through the film was: how can too such pretty people have so little chemistry? As a physicist (in training), I so wanted to like this film…but you’re right, this is a failure on all accounts, the only interesting scene being the extended, messy murder of Gromek. The plot is also a mess, and the only question I was pondering all through the film was: how can too such pretty people have so little chemistry?

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