Most Wanted
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Ishtar
(May, 1987)
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (OOP)
(Ross, 1976)
The Devils
(Russell, 1974)
The Pirates of Penzance
(Papp/Leach, 1983)
The Fortune
(Nichols, 1975)
-30-
(Webb, 1959)
Betrayal
(Jones, 1983)
Play It As It Lays
(Perry, 1972)
The Outfit
(Flynn, 1973)
Alex in Wonderland
(Mazursky, 1969)
The Legend of Lylah Clare
(Aldrich, 1968)
In The Cool of the Day
(Stevens, 1963)
That Cold Day in the Park
(Altman, 1969)
Thumb Trippin'
(Masters, 1972)
Midas Run
(Kjellin, 1969)
At Long Last Love
(Bogdanovich, 1973)
Brewster McCloud
(Altman, 1972)
Outcast of the Islands
(Reed, 1951)

Reader Submissions

1930's-1950's
The Moon's Our Home
(Seiter, 1936)
Sh! The Octopus
(McGann, 1937)
The Mating Season
(Leisen, 1951)
Bad for Each Other
(Rapper, 1953)
The Phenix City Story
(Karlson, 1955)
Run of the Arrow
(Fuller, 1956)
House of Secrets
(Green, 1956)
Saint Joan
(Preminger, 1957)
Macabre
(Castle, 1958)
The Fiend Who Walked the West
(G. Douglas, 1958
Five Gates to Hell
(Clavell, 1959)
1960's
Key Witness
(Karlson, 1960)
Summer and Smoke
(Glenville, 1961)
The Chapman Report
(Cukor,1962)
Bachelor Flat
(Tashlin, 1962) [on Hulu]
The L Shaped Room
(Forbes, 1963)
The Chalk Garden
(Neame, 1964)
A Thousand Clowns
(Coe, 1965)
You're a Big Boy Now
(Coppola, 1966)
The Whisperers
(Forbes, 1967)
Dark of the Sun
(Cardiff, 1968)
Skidoo
(Preminger, 1968)
Last Summer
(Perry, 1969)
The Comic
(C. Reiner, 1969)
1970-1974
The Revolutionary
(Williams, 1970)
The Landlord
(Ashby, 1970)
Diary of a Mad Housewife
(Perry, 1970)
Tropic of Cancer
(Strick, 1970)
I Never Sang for My Father
(Cates, 1970)
Sometimes a Great Notion
(Newman, 1971)
Marriage of a Young Stockbroker
(Turman, 1971)
The Music Lovers
(Russell, 1971)
Drive, He Said
(Nicholson, 1971)
The Steagle
(Sylbert, 1971)
The Last Movie
(Hopper, 1971)
Made For Each Other
(Bean, 1971)
The Day the Clown Cried
(Lewis, 1972)
Hickey & Boggs (OOP)
(Culp, 1972)
The Carey Treatment
(Edwards, 1972)
Pete 'n' Tillie
(Ritt, 1972)
Slither
(Zieff, 1973)
Man on a Swing
(Perry, 1974)
Open Season
(Collinson, 1974)
The Tamarind Seed
(Edwards, 1974)
Law and Disorder
(Passer, 1974)
Homebodies
(Yust, 1974)
Stardust
(Apted, 1974)
Celine and Julie Go Boating
(Rivette, 1974)
1975-1979
Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins
(Richards, 1975
At Long Last Love
(Bogdanovich, 1975)
Hearts of the West
(Zieff, 1975)
Welcome to L.A.
(Rudolph, 1976)
W.C. Fields and Me
(Hiller, 1976)
Citizens Band
(Demme, 1977)
Twilight's Last Gleaming
(Aldrich, 1977)
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
(Brooks, 1977)
Girlfriends
(Weill, 1978)
Movie Movie
(Donen, 1978)
The Medusa Touch
(Gold, 1978)
American Hot Wax
(Mutrux, 1978)
Hot Stuff
(DeLuise, 1979)
Scavenger Hunt
(Schultz , 1979)
Players
(Harvey, 1979)
Rich Kids
(Young, 1979)
Nightwing
(Hiller, 1979)
Screams of a Winter's Night
(Wilson, 1979
When You Comin' Back Red Ryder?
(Katselas, 1979
1980's
Resurrection
(Petrie, 1980)
The Awakening
(Newell, 1980)
Simon
(Brickman, 1980)
God's Angry Man
(Herzog, 1980)
Fast-Walking
(Harris, 1982)
Twice Upon a Time
(Korty & Swenson, 1983)
Trouble in Mind
(Rudolph, 1985)
When the Wind Blows
(Murikami, 1986)
Housekeeping
(Forsyth, 1987)
The Glass Menagerie
(Newman, 1987)
Patty Hearst
(Schrader, 1988)
Drowning by Numbers
(Greenaway, 1988)
Haunted Summer
(Passer, 1988)
The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years
(Spheeris, 1988)
1990's
Old Times
(Curtis, 1991)
Prospero's Books
(Greenaway, 1991)
City of Hope
(Sayles, 1991)
The Baby of Macon
(Greenaway, 1993)
King of the Hill
(Soderbergh, 1993)
Dadetown
(Hexter, 1995)
SubUrbia
(Linklater, 1997)

The Harder They Fall

Only in Waxmanworld and Finkeworld (and among their orbiting buzz-feeders) does anyone care which NBC/Universal suits have been/might be/will be fired, or who got the news first. All right, people care somewhat but not that much.

When things aren't going well the people at the very top of the pile start thinking about who to whack. I'm sorry for those whose heads are now in jeopardy -- it's obviously traumatic -- but suits have to live with the threat of being suddenly discharged just as John Dillinger had to live with the possibility of getting cut down by G-Men. "We have spoken these words, Starbuck, a billion years before these waters rolled."

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on July 27, 2009 at 12:20 PM

comment #1

LauraReeling Author Profile Page says ...

If these kind of stories are only of interest at other blog sites, why are they consistently reported here with that exact same comment every time?

Posted by LauraReeling Author Profile Page at July 27, 2009 12:58 PM

comment #2

Stringer Bell Author Profile Page says ...

I feel sorry for the ones who make 40k a year who lose their job and lose their medical benefits.

For the suits getting exit compensation in the millions, who really gives a rats ass?

Posted by Stringer Bell Author Profile Page at July 27, 2009 1:25 PM

comment #3

Jeffrey Wells Author Profile Page says ...

Excuse me but this is the first time I've mentioned an analogy between suits getting whacked and Dillinger getting drilled.

Posted by Jeffrey Wells Author Profile Page at July 27, 2009 2:24 PM

comment #4

televisiontears Author Profile Page says ...

Meet the new boss...

Posted by televisiontears Author Profile Page at July 27, 2009 3:35 PM

comment #5

p.Vice Author Profile Page says ...

Even though the collar color isn't a match, there is quite a bit of truth in comparing corporate executives to petty criminals like Dillinger.

Posted by p.Vice Author Profile Page at July 27, 2009 4:03 PM

comment #6

LauraReeling Author Profile Page says ...

I meant the first paragraph about nobody caring, but here it is anyway....not a big deal, but it does get repetitive.

Posted by LauraReeling Author Profile Page at July 27, 2009 4:36 PM

comment #7

p.Vice Author Profile Page says ...

Laura -

Allow me to translate Jeff's first post for you: "FUCK YOU, BITCH"

I thought he was kinda clever in an obvious sort of way.

Posted by p.Vice Author Profile Page at July 27, 2009 5:13 PM

comment #8

corey3rd Author Profile Page says ...

the blood bath will continue if funny people doesn't make Sandler coin

Posted by corey3rd Author Profile Page at July 27, 2009 6:27 PM

comment #9

raygo Author Profile Page says ...

I usually skip over these stories, because based on the comment count, nobody reading HE really cares either. Most of Jeff's posts regarding Finke-esque stories rarely generate traffic. I suspect Jeff secretly wishes more people here were interested.

Posted by raygo Author Profile Page at July 28, 2009 7:41 AM

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