tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post118321948934599331..comments2024-03-14T13:27:04.152-04:00Comments on Another Old Movie Blog: Seven Days in May - 1964Jacqueline T. Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-48544146606101005352018-09-12T21:02:25.864-04:002018-09-12T21:02:25.864-04:00Horror story is right, but so compelling. Especial...Horror story is right, but so compelling. Especially unsettling is the thought that we in the U.S. might be living it to degrees.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-18647343628542702122018-09-10T17:42:55.057-04:002018-09-10T17:42:55.057-04:00For years, every time I settled in to watch Seven ...For years, every time I settled in to watch Seven Days in May, Gavin would cause a ruckus or want to watch something else. It was a plot!<br /><br />In the last few years, I cannot miss this movie whenever a clear opportunity arises. The plot and the performances always draw me in; a true horror story.Caftan Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05936895555808823221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-5422113719787312392016-12-19T19:15:45.114-05:002016-12-19T19:15:45.114-05:00Very interesting article. We don't have a Trum...Very interesting article. We don't have a Trump in London but some of the more conservative messages conveyed in the lead up to Brexit are in my view also signaled in this film. <br /><br />You may be interested in the latest episode of my podcast Classic Hollywood MTC. It's a short homage to Mr Douglas in which I briefly attempt to analyse Spartacus. Directed by Stanley Kubrick, with a screenplay by Dalton Trumbo, with the considerable help of both men Kirk Douglas the producer and star was able to convey narrative themes around freedom, oppression, class, violence and matyrdom which seemed to reflect and even predict key events of the 1960s and early 1970s. <br /><br />As in " Seven Days" Douglas played a hero who though pro-active to some degree finds himself having to deal from the front with situations that are not always of his characters own making. As compared to say Charlton Heston, pure heroes were never Douglas's style. His pursuance of the Ava Gardner character in "Seven Days" is a classic reflection of that in my view. In the end "President" March did not have the stomach to use the AG information to bring the General down. I think the KD character would have done so if he had found himself in the same place, however reluctantly.<br /><br />Classic Hollywood MTC can be found on ITunes, Stitcher, Tune-in and Castbox. It can also be directly accessed via the following link: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/classic-hollywood-mtc-podcasts/id1137457686?mt=2 <br /><br />Hope you get the time to listen and enjoy. <br /><br />Simone Higgins AKA Mrs Tom CruiseFilm Fanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07870296845447026857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-90350905143698530352016-08-28T06:45:48.654-04:002016-08-28T06:45:48.654-04:00Thank you, Kristen. I believe I referred to Fredri...Thank you, Kristen. I believe I referred to Fredric March as "beleaguered," not weak. You're right, he certainly was burdened. First-rate cast, indeed, and a great film. Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-73721890359251015102016-08-28T02:20:57.782-04:002016-08-28T02:20:57.782-04:00Exceptional blog-piece on a great film - thanks fo...Exceptional blog-piece on a great film - thanks for delving into it and finding nuggets which transcend 'history' with today's bizarre characters. The cast was first-rate -- i may quibble to say that March, in my mind, was less 'weak' than 'burdened'... Everyone, especially O'Brien and Douglas, gave standout performances.Evelynrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08184234019994338621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-44593203522610659902016-08-18T21:42:44.447-04:002016-08-18T21:42:44.447-04:00Thanks, John. It was not difficult drawing compari...Thanks, John. It was not difficult drawing comparisons with today, unfortunately. But I wonder what the director, cast, and crew would think of today if they could have known the future.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-87470794739549363382016-08-18T20:21:32.688-04:002016-08-18T20:21:32.688-04:00One of Frankenheimer's masterpieces. It's ...One of Frankenheimer's masterpieces. It's a brilliant warning on what can happen and is happening today, as you note, with Donald Trump. Well done!John/24Frameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14719659042858962026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-26079707951930012552016-08-18T16:58:46.697-04:002016-08-18T16:58:46.697-04:00Thanks, Ivan. I missed the Reilly and Diefenbach ...Thanks, Ivan. I missed the Reilly and Diefenbach spoofing, though I've seen Fargo a couple times.<br /><br />Another thing I like about this movie is just seeing Hollywood's first string in these roles. The principals were stars 20 years earlier, and the "newcomers" were the best of 1950s live TV, and all had theatre in their background - and then John Houseman, whose roots stretch back to WPA theatre and radio's "War of the Worlds." It wasn't a clash of generations, it was a beautiful melding.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-9614233208008292062016-08-18T09:27:48.208-04:002016-08-18T09:27:48.208-04:00I have lost count of how many times I've watch...I have lost count of how many times I've watched this entry in what some call Frankenheimer's "trilogy of paranoia" (the other two being <b>The Manchurian Candidate</b> and <b>Seconds</b>). The first time I saw it (this is going to date me) was on TBS, and it remained so much in my memory that it was one of the first movies I bought on DVD.<br /><br />Loved how you drew the parallel between the events in <b>Seven Days</b> and this current farce of an election -- it just goes to show that when a movie still has relevance over fifty years later it's the very definition of a timeless classic.<br /><br />Also: two of the military leaders referenced in this -- "Reilly" and "Diefenbach" are humorously referenced in the Coen Brothers' <b>Fargo</b>.Ivan G Shreve Jrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04067177808320053382noreply@blogger.com