First Leni, Now Stevie

[davemarc]

At 06:42 AM 7/19/96 -0400, Ted (typical case) Samsel wrote:
>dave (lower case) marc sez:
>> 
>> It's a grand time for Pynchon-loving film buffs in NYC when an evening of
>> public television devoted to Leni Riefenstahl is followed by a two-day
>> revival of Steven Spielberg's 1974 film debut SUGARLAND EXPRESS (Film Forum,
>> July 23-24).  
>> 
>> This well-received Goldie Hawn vehicle (featuring Michael "Billy Pilgrim"
>> Sacks and Ben Johnson) is on a double bill--not with THE BLUE LIGHT (so
>> similar to those atop SUGARLAND EXPRESS's police vehicles) or TRIUMPH OF THE
>> WILL (so similar that the similarity need not be commented upon) or even
>> WOODSTOCK (that unforgettable tribute to statist militarism), but (much more
>> puzzlingly) with director Peter Bogdanovich's cut of THE LAST PICTURE SHOW
>> (1971), which also featured Johnson. 
>
>Hey, get serious. This film duo is a paean to Texas (and the late Ben
>Johnson), Hoss. You dang nuevojorquenos ain't got a clue.
>
Texas?  What's Texas?  

davemarcmurtry