Television and Movie Discussion
Last night I had an all-nighter and watched some cl@ssic Hollywood, the last being Sulliban's Travels which is about John Sullivan, A comedy film director who wants to make his next movie "O Brother Where Art thou" a film about the suffering of humans, when his producers turn him down and say he hasn't been threw enough suffering himself he goes as a tramp to see suffering first hand how it is to suffer with only a dime in his pocket. The film starts off as a charming screwball and goes to a dark third act, which the switch moves pretty smoothly with the character and his own self discovery. The film was made during the great depression the time where films made only to for entertainment because people want to a moment to escape in such rough times. The character Sulliven comes to a discover of the importantance of the films he originally makes. The irony in the message is very clever and funny and I find it to be one of the best movies about movie making. It does fall into some cliches on purpose like there "Always is a girl in the picture" which the love interest is being played by the lovely Veronica Lake. it has a few editing and sound problems but it doesn't take away of the charm of the film. Sulliven's Travels is pretty much a testament to what director Preston Sturges had to go threw in his career as a director, though I don't agree with it's message about film only being about entertainment it certainly is a very fun and charming movie. Now I am starting to sound ironic so I will just end this.
8.5/10
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