Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Bad Day at Black Rock, Spencer Tracy, 1955


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Spencer Tracey was nominated for an Oscar for this performance, and the director, John Sturges was nominated for an Oscar. He had directed The Great Escape and Magnificent 7.

And Walter Brennan is in it, so is Lee Marvin, and Ernest Borgnine



9 comments:

  1. I saw that movie when I was a kid in the early 1960s, and when youtubing some of the scenes recently, I recognized every scene, most often in detail. It really made an impression then, but it was not until years later I learned about the background for the drama.

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    1. it's a favorite movie of mine. I dig Spencer Tracey movies, and this story in particular is really good

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  2. I've seen it several times...It's too bad things haven't changed much today...Spencer Tracy does such a great job in all his movies...
    Sure is hot down there today...Yikes!!!!

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  3. The movie is from 1955, ten years after the end of WW2. It is always interesting to see when and how such events are being handled through literature and films. I recall one Danish film in particular, made a year or two after the German occupation, that dealt with moral dilemmas in wartime, and which managed to show the German military personnel both as the enemy (which they were), but also as the complex human beings they were too. Considering the strong anti-German sentiment at the time, it was a good way to show that things aren't as black&white as people often see them.

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    1. you got that right

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    2. Agreed Kim, not always as black and white. Did you ever see the movie, "Town Without Pity" Staring Kirk Douglas? (1961)

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    3. I haven't, but I'll see if Netflix has that one!

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    4. Yeah Netflix doesn't always come through with the good movies like they say they do. Hmm.

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