This week’s double feature should, if nothing else, illustrate the fact that I’m probably running out of ideas for double features. So let’s talk about a couple of movies that feature big-ass clocks… Great Scott!!! That’s a fantastic idea….. Or at least it’s a new idea.
Our first film this week is the lesser known Orson Welles classic, “The Stranger.” (1946) This film stars Edward G. Robinson as a special investigator searching the nation for Nazi officers that have slipped through the cracks. He has tracked the notorious Franz Kindler to a small town in Connecticut where he believes he is hiding his identity. Orson Welles plays Professor Charles Rankin and Loretta Young plays his new bride. If you haven’t seen any Orson Welles directed films, this is actually a pretty good one to start with. It’s a pretty simple story that he manages to pull the maximum amount of tension out of.
Next up, we have one of my least favorite films by the Coen Brothers. Just to be clear, my least favorite Coen Brother’s film is kind of like my least favorite day off, or cake… or midget…. It’s still pretty damn awesome. Tim Robbins, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Paul Newman star in “The Hudsucker Proxy” (1994), a comedy about a naïve business graduate and the countless unsuccessful forces out to get him. He has an idea, “..you know… for the kids..” and nothing will stop him. The board’s sabotage attempt, an investigative reporter and some scary guy that likes to scratch names off of office doors all try. It’s a really fun movie that provides a great ‘Coenesque’ ending.
Enjoy.
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