Category: The Unsung
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The Unsung: Conal Cochran, Halloween III
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Read more: The Unsung: Conal Cochran, Halloween IIIGive me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to kill children….
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The Unsung: Earl Pfeiffer, Clash by Night (1952)
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Read more: The Unsung: Earl Pfeiffer, Clash by Night (1952)Another day, another Robert Ryan masterpiece. Fuck slowly but surely; in giant unapologetic gulps, Mr. Ryan is becoming my go-to cinematic figure; a lowdown, nasty sumbitch who, like the sunrise, can be counted on to make your hair stand on end.
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The Unsung: Wade, Nashville
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Read more: The Unsung: Wade, NashvilleIn a nation of liars, he is a beacon of truth. In a city packed to the gills with self-deception, self-indulgence, and the defiantly untalented insisting on themselves at every opportunity, he is a refreshing, almost essential pitstop.
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The Unsung: Bessie Winters, Pigskin Parade (1936)
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Read more: The Unsung: Bessie Winters, Pigskin Parade (1936)Few things in life excite me quite like a person out of time. Even better, a woman out of time. A dame of sass and unusual import; a broad who gives far better than she’s ever going to get
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The Unsung: Gar, Mask (1985)
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Read more: The Unsung: Gar, Mask (1985)If reincarnation is our lot after breathing our last, I can only hope I come back as Gar. Never did catch a last name, but I’m doubting one was necessary. Say it out loud – always in hushed tones – and even the uninitiated have some idea. Hell, the name itself seems to conjure the…
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The Unsung: Easy Andy, Taxi Driver
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Read more: The Unsung: Easy Andy, Taxi DriverHe is unquestionably the most cold-hearted character in the history of the cinema. Impeccably dressed, as if he’d think little of attending the opera after delivering a weapon of war to a client, he is suave, charming, and without a trace of sentiment.
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The Unsung: William Shrike in Lonelyhearts
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Read more: The Unsung: William Shrike in LonelyheartsFor about half the running time of 1958’s Lonelyhearts, I had Robert Ryan’s William Shrike shot, tagged, and bagged as a true Asshole of the Cinema.
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The Unsung: Frances Amthor [Kate Murtagh] in Farewell, My Lovely (1975)
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Read more: The Unsung: Frances Amthor [Kate Murtagh] in Farewell, My Lovely (1975)When we first encounter Frances Amthor, she’s surrounded by a bevy of young beauties at a makeshift table. Whores, to be exact, but don’t let her hear you say that. Four or five working girls, by my count, and from all appearances, twice as many sandwiches.
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The Unsung: Henry Northrup, Creepshow
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Read more: The Unsung: Henry Northrup, CreepshowAll men, at some point or another, have fantasized about killing the woman with whom they have shared a bed. Doubly so if those same sheets have been contaminated by the hazardous waste of marriage.
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The Unsung: The Existentialist in The Bachelor Party (1957)
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Read more: The Unsung: The Existentialist in The Bachelor Party (1957)Six minutes. An eternity in the sack for your average American male, but a mere blip when you’re trying to wrestle a movie away from Don Murray.