hidden trasures

hidden trEASURES

1- Cesar Romero's performance as CORTEZ, in the film, Captain of Castille.

2-ERIC HOFFER- blind longshoreman, who regained his sight while walking down the street, wrote TRUE BELIEVER.

3-jo van fleet

4-Zia Mojabi's film, WOMAN ON FIRE, MEDEA transplanted to the immigrant Iranian community in Los Angeles

5-David Ackert's performance in that same film

6- the film, THE VIOLENT MEN starring Glenn Ford

7- The late sexy actress VALERIE FRENCH, who could do PINTER like no other

8-TIE

mICHAEL cAINE'S PERFORMANCE in ZULU, no one has ever done duty better.

STEVE MCQUEEN and JAMES COBURN'S body language in THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, and Russell Crowe in LA CONFIDENTIAL, no one has ever done killers better, or  so killers tell me. 

ALAN LADD in Shane,Kevin Spacey in LA CONFIDENTIAL, or so one has ever done redemption better, so so the redeemed tell me

9- The scene in EL CID, when the entire Christian army is massed outside El Cid's barn door, and he didn't hear them. But the conceit works.

10-AMERICAN SPLENDOR, the best picture of 2002

11- RHONDA FLEMING and those legs

12- the NAKED JUNGLE, the film with Charlton Heston as a 30 year old virgin, but the conceit works

13- war AND peace, THE rUSSIAN  film, and i guess the book

14-  the red badge of courage, THE BOOK AND FILM

15-jane austin-THE GREATEST WRITER who ever lived, who believed in happy endings.

16-Sam Neill's performance in REILLY , ACE OF SPIES.

17. Gail Russell