tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724537973285198834.post7305963066762920883..comments2024-01-29T10:56:03.268-05:00Comments on My Movies, My Words (from Abbott to Ziggy): I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANGEric F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05062980077091387176noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724537973285198834.post-69701861405993397042012-10-26T08:46:14.804-04:002012-10-26T08:46:14.804-04:00Sometimes people can't understand why I love t...Sometimes people can't understand why I love these old movies so much, saying that they're way before my time. I try to explain that, like you, Richard, when I was young in the 1970s and 1980s, these WERE the movies that were on television; late at night, weekend afternoons, etc.Eric F.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05062980077091387176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724537973285198834.post-51596771175480134452012-10-25T16:04:17.089-04:002012-10-25T16:04:17.089-04:00I loved this movie when I first saw it. I want not...I loved this movie when I first saw it. I want nothing to do with prison, ever, but prison movies have a fascination for most movie fans. The last line of this movie haunts me to this day, as he is leaving Helen and she cries out "How do you live?" and from the shadows his voice comes echoing back, in a hissed whisper "I steal." And suddenly the good man we have rooted for and cared about has been reduced to the very thing he fought so hard to avoid becoming. I know the acting is melodramatic by the standards of today, but the performances seem heartfelt and hyper real. Muni was the DeNiro/Pacino of his day, and this movie gives you a good sense as to why. If people would give some of these older films a chance they would be amazed at how entertaining they are, and how well a story can be told in a brief amount of time, without a lot of flash. I get caught up in movies on TCM all the time that I wander into the middle of, but can figure out what is going on pretty quickly, and then ride it out to a usually satisfying conclusion. I may have mentioned this before but back in the 70s and early 80s, local stations would run old movies here with only two breaks an hour as a way to compete with the big boys. That's how I first saw "I am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang". My wife was out at a class she was taking and came back just after it ended, I was sitting there devastated by the ending. When I repeated the line to her, she got chills herself. Man what a great movie.Richard Kirkhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16428986542891346618noreply@blogger.com