Out of the Past

Out of the Past. Said it before, I’ll say it again:

OUT OF THE PAST. #greatestmovieofalltime — Mark Larson (@mlarson) June 12, 2012

//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Part of what sets it apart is an incredible script.

Ann: Every time I look at the sky, I think of all the places I’ve never been. Jeff: Yes, and every time you look up, they’re all the same. A: You’ve been a lot of places, haven’t you? J: One too many. A: Which did you like best? J: This one right here. A: I bet you say that to all the places.

I fear that my feelings about the rest of Jacques Tourneur’s work mirror my feelings about about Larry McMurtry’s:

I realized I can’t read another Larry McMurtry novel because it won’t be Lonesome Dove. #librarytweets — Mark Larson (@mlarson) May 25, 2012

//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js To sum up, this is my reflex film. It’s what I turn to when there is no other hope. Though there are many very good reasons to love this film, my enthusiasm is now well beyond the bounds of rationality, and I won’t have it any other way.