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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948 · Film · 126 min
Directed by John Huston
Two jobless Americans convince a prospector to travel to the mountains of Mexico with them in search of gold. But the hostile wilderness, local bandits, and greed all get in the way of their journey.
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I always hated westerns, until I saw the outlaw Josey Wales, and later Unforgiven. The rest were just so formulaic and juvenile (especially the early Clint Eastwood spaghetti westerns).
Treasure of the Sierra Madre was good, though. The only bogart movie I ever liked.
Brooklyn Public Library suffers from its own cultural preconceptions. If you want something that speaks for workers rights you could do worse than read B. Traven, but his work is barely available. Hollywood made the Treasure of the Sierra Madre into a film, so that one cannot be censored, however you can't grab the Mahogany cycle or the Wobbly - if you did the children might ask why the rent is too high!
And those of a more conservative bent will be disappointed, too. No Ernst Jünger for you! Yes, you can get the Rain of Steel, it's too well known to be suppressed, but not the Adventurous Heart or the (very topical) Glass Bees. And heaven forfend you read the Marble Cliffs!
But genderqueer stuff on top of genderqueer stuff, and the rent is still too high.
Thank you
I was beginning to really feel my age that no one had made that reference.
(It's from the movie "Treasure of the Sierra Madre", which is worth checking out!)
Movie soundtracks are about as memorable as they've always been. Most producers cheap out when it comes to the music, so you get a "cookie cutter" soundtrack of the day:
* The tinny, mostly brass in the 50s and 60s.
* The mostly silent 70s, or faux disco.
* The primitive, nondescript synths of the 80s.
* The "nouveau orchestra" of the 90s.
* The "deep bass sound" of the 2000s.
etc etc.
You'd be hard pressed to tell the musical difference between "Treasure of the Sierra Madre" and "The Grapes of Wrath". "Taxi Driver" and "The French Connection". "Rain Man" and "Splash". "Sixth Sense" and "Seven".
It's always the same for music, tv, movies, etc: Every decade has its gems, but most of it is crap.
Great film made by people who had long history of making great films.
"Rushes" or rapid prints of the days shooting were b&w and I have no idea if that changed, but as high contrast pushed (speedy development) review footage maybe just mechanistically it influenced shot design?
There's another doc somebody did analysing raiders and treasure of the sierra madre shot by shot.
Due to my age when I watched UHF I had not seen many of the movies that it referenced: Conan the Barbarian, Rambo, Indiana Jones & The Temple of Doom, Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Close Encounters - only over time did I come to appreciate it.
Before embarking on new venture, everybody should watch the "Treasure of the Sierra Madre", a great movie, directed by John Huston, starring Humphrey Bogart. There you will see that the real problems begin once you have a whiff of success.
Oh forget it. Go see the "The Social Network" if you want to see that. Give a huge majority of shares to your technical cofounder and try to stay on his good side.