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citizenjeffk.bsky.social @citizenjeffk.bsky.social · 2h

Karloff's performance is absolute poetry. Deep beyond deep.

citizenjeffk.bsky.social @citizenjeffk.bsky.social · 5h

Part of the Tony "The Hook" Perez oeuvre.

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citizenjeffk.bsky.social @citizenjeffk.bsky.social · 3d

Has Aquaman no dignity?

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citizenjeffk.bsky.social @citizenjeffk.bsky.social · 3d

It really is a masterpiece. In so many ways.

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citizenjeffk.bsky.social @citizenjeffk.bsky.social · 3d

Congratulations. My hope is that it is a fruitful decision for you and everyone at the monastery.

citizenjeffk.bsky.social @citizenjeffk.bsky.social · 3d

I did a play with Martin Sheen in 1980 and he said this was the work he'd most want to be remembered for. That was pre West Wing of course, but post Apocalypse Now.

citizenjeffk.bsky.social @citizenjeffk.bsky.social · 3d

I just rewatched this pretty recently. It's a movie I've always liked.

citizenjeffk.bsky.social @citizenjeffk.bsky.social · 5d

I got to see him onstage a few months before he died. It was an amazing experience.

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citizenjeffk.bsky.social @citizenjeffk.bsky.social · 6d

It's definitely a top two Hitchcock for me. The scene of the extended kissing on the balcony is kind of transcendent.

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citizenjeffk.bsky.social @citizenjeffk.bsky.social · 6d

I'm a big fan of his. He's always good.

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citizenjeffk.bsky.social @citizenjeffk.bsky.social · 9d

It's terrific.

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citizenjeffk.bsky.social @citizenjeffk.bsky.social · 10d

I'm so glad to see you mentioning him. He's always good, always interesting. I look forward to seeing him show up.

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citizenjeffk.bsky.social @citizenjeffk.bsky.social · 11d

This was my first exposure to Robert Prosky and, good as everyone in the movie is, he's what I remember most.

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citizenjeffk.bsky.social @citizenjeffk.bsky.social · 12d

First time I remember seeing Scott Glenn.

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citizenjeffk.bsky.social @citizenjeffk.bsky.social · 13d

A Place of Greater Safety, by Hilary Mantel.

citizenjeffk.bsky.social @citizenjeffk.bsky.social · 13d

Me and my rhythm box

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citizenjeffk.bsky.social @citizenjeffk.bsky.social · 16d

"So this is what this is. "

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citizenjeffk.bsky.social @citizenjeffk.bsky.social · 17d

The Duck of Death.

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citizenjeffk.bsky.social @citizenjeffk.bsky.social · 17d

I liked it. It challenged the hell out of me but I liked it. You're not alone.

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citizenjeffk.bsky.social @citizenjeffk.bsky.social · 19d

This, in my opinion, is a truly fine movie. And Peter Sellers never waivers, never winks, never takes the easy way, in what I think is a Great performance.

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citizenjeffk.bsky.social @citizenjeffk.bsky.social · 19d

I worked with him in the late nineties. He was a terrifically friendly and nice person.

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citizenjeffk.bsky.social @citizenjeffk.bsky.social · 19d

I called in sick to work (falsely) to go see this in '77.

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citizenjeffk.bsky.social @citizenjeffk.bsky.social · 21d

I owned the Gold Key comic version long ago.

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citizenjeffk.bsky.social @citizenjeffk.bsky.social · 22d

"I caught a good one, it looked like it could run " is such a great lyric.

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citizenjeffk.bsky.social @citizenjeffk.bsky.social · 22d

This is a beautiful movie.

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