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Let's talk about Falling Down (1993)
Posted on 6/5/17 at 1:21 pm
Posted on 6/5/17 at 1:21 pm
with Michael Douglas.
Quite possibly the greatest black comedy? Was this intentional?
Quite possibly the greatest black comedy? Was this intentional?
This post was edited on 6/5/17 at 1:26 pm
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Posted on 6/5/17 at 1:32 pm to AUtigerNOLA
Great job by MD.
Although everyone who likes this movie claims to relate to an aerospace engineer who threatens his family.
Although everyone who likes this movie claims to relate to an aerospace engineer who threatens his family.
Posted on 6/5/17 at 1:36 pm to TejasHorn
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Although everyone who likes this movie claims to relate to an aerospace engineer who threatens his family.
I love this movie and I don't fall into that category.
Posted on 6/5/17 at 1:36 pm to AUtigerNOLA
Great film. It's almost hard to believe the same guy that directed this brought us the failed abortion known as Batman & Robin only a few years later.
Posted on 6/5/17 at 1:44 pm to AUtigerNOLA
Very good movie. I love a good descent into madness movie. Michael Douglas nails the part.
Posted on 6/5/17 at 2:12 pm to AUtigerNOLA
I've never seen this movie. The marketing for it just turned me off. It had nothing for me. I was just in HS at the time though.
Posted on 6/5/17 at 2:17 pm to TejasHorn
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Great job by MD. Although everyone who likes this movie claims to relate to an aerospace engineer who threatens his family.
Probably because everyone has thought of snapping at some point.
Posted on 6/5/17 at 2:18 pm to LesMiles BFF
Posted on 6/5/17 at 2:23 pm to buffbraz
I feel like every scene is gold.
The convenience store scene at the beginning sets the tone for the rest of the movie. So awesome.
Mexican Gang Scene
"What do you call that?"
"Graffiti?"
Posted on 6/5/17 at 3:15 pm to AUtigerNOLA
Gang Member #1: No man, that's not fricking graffiti. That's a sign.
Gang Member #2: He can't read it man.
Gang Member #1: I'll read it for you. It says this is fricking private property. No fricking trespassing. This means fricking you.
Bill Foster: It says all that?
Gang Member #1: Yeah.
Bill Foster: Well, maybe if you wrote it in fricking English, I could fricking understand it.
Gang Member #2: He can't read it man.
Gang Member #1: I'll read it for you. It says this is fricking private property. No fricking trespassing. This means fricking you.
Bill Foster: It says all that?
Gang Member #1: Yeah.
Bill Foster: Well, maybe if you wrote it in fricking English, I could fricking understand it.
Posted on 6/5/17 at 3:31 pm to Bigtime92
Duvall plays a great part to. As always.
I like the exchange at the end. Something like, "nah. Guys like you always know exactly what they want!"
I like the exchange at the end. Something like, "nah. Guys like you always know exactly what they want!"
Posted on 6/5/17 at 4:16 pm to AUtigerNOLA
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Quite possibly the greatest black comedy? Was this intentional?
It was absolutely intentional. Great movie. Frederic Forrest played the nazi storeowner, unrecognizable from other roles like Chef in Apocalypse Now and Blue Duck in Lonesome Dove. That's guy's practically a chameleon.
Posted on 6/5/17 at 4:22 pm to LSU alum wannabe
Posted on 6/5/17 at 4:26 pm to AUtigerNOLA
It was an excellent foray into an everyday working man finally reacting in the most vociferous manner to the amalgamation of everyday life annoyances. The character acted out in a way that a lot of people think about doing in the deepest reaches of the mind but ultimately do not because of reason. Nonetheless, it was enjoyable to see someone follow through with those notions in a movie.
Posted on 6/5/17 at 4:32 pm to AUtigerNOLA
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Let's talk about Falling Down (1993)
I don't have much to add other than I liked it.
Posted on 6/5/17 at 4:44 pm to AUtigerNOLA
Douglas' acting was sharp and they really did a great job of making him look goofy.
They took the guy we were all trying to look like, and made him look pitiful.
Did everyone have someone in their office that reminded them of Douglas' Falling Down guy like I did?
They took the guy we were all trying to look like, and made him look pitiful.
Did everyone have someone in their office that reminded them of Douglas' Falling Down guy like I did?
Posted on 6/5/17 at 4:49 pm to Spock's Eyebrow
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Frederic Forrest played the nazi storeowner, unrecognizable from other roles like Chef in Apocalypse Now and Blue Duck in Lonesome Dove. That's guy's practically a chameleon.
Came here to post about him. He was amazing. I was watching Lonesome Dove a few weeks ago and it took me a while to figure out why Blue Duck was so familiar.
Posted on 6/5/17 at 5:21 pm to chinese58
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Did everyone have someone in their office that reminded them of Douglas' Falling Down guy like I did?
We once had a guy that reminded me of him, but then I broke all the mirrors.
Posted on 6/5/17 at 5:58 pm to LG2BAMA
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Probably because everyone has thought of snapping at some point.
That.
When I was younger, I felt like snapping sometimes like Foster.
Then I married someone much like Prendergast's wife, and I related a whole lot more to him.
Posted on 6/5/17 at 6:10 pm to AUtigerNOLA
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