perkins@bnrmtv.UUCP (Henry Perkins) (10/23/85)
My nomination for a totally good movie is "The Thomas Crown Affair".
Starred Steve McQueen in the title role, with Faye Dunaway; Paul Burke
had a strong supporting role. The situation: Thomas Crown is a bored
Boston millionaire, who plans bank robberies for excitement. Faye
Dunaway plays the insurance investigator assigned to the case.
This is the first movie I've seen that really REQUIRES CinemaScope,
rather than merely using it to get a "bigger" effect. The multiple
screens showing the different robbery participants are a masterpiece
of cinematography and editing. The chess-playing seduction scene also
makes good use of CinemaScope, and has some of the most intense acting
I've ever seen. The song "Windmills of Your Mind" received an Oscar
as best (song from a motion picture?) in 1967.
Neither a recent film nor a "great" one (a la "Citizen Kane"), but I
recommend it highly.
--
{hplabs,amdahl,3comvax}!bnrmtv!perkins --Henry Perkins