I saw Carl Reiner‘s Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid at an all-media screening in Manhattan 32 years ago, and for whatever reason I’ve never re-watched it since. I liked it then and this clip assembly reminds me it was moderately funny. The dialogue, I mean. I guess I never cared to re-visit because it’s fundamentally thin. A nostalgia piece. No palpable undercurrent of its own. An Italian Bluray has been available since early this month. There’s also an HDX version on Vudu.
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