Category: The Unsung
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The Unsung: Harding, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
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Read more: The Unsung: Harding, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)William Henry Redfield (1927-1976) was dying. He knew it, as did an on-set doctor, but he also knew that he had to finish what would amount to his cinematic swan song.
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The Unsung: Man in Full Body Cast, The Long Goodbye (1973)
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Read more: The Unsung: Man in Full Body Cast, The Long Goodbye (1973)Who is he? Why is he here? What in the world brought him to the condition where he needs a full body wrap? No one, including the nurse, is willing to say
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The Unsung: John McCabe’s Coat, McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
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Read more: The Unsung: John McCabe’s Coat, McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)There’s a whole hell of a lot to say about McCabe & Mrs. Miller, from the elegiac sadness afoot, to the underlying notion that dreamers, when they dream, often (and usually) end up shot.
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The Unsung: Mr. O’Daniel, Midnight Cowboy (1969)
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Read more: The Unsung: Mr. O’Daniel, Midnight Cowboy (1969)O’Daniel. His bathrobe, his belief. He resides in a hovel, as he must, for ostentation is not the way. Nothis way, naturally, for he is a man of God. That goes without saying
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The Unsung: Mr. Hand, Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
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Read more: The Unsung: Mr. Hand, Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)He begins every year exactly the same way, and likely has for decades. No one quite remembers when he first showed up, but he’s taken on all comers and outlasted them all.
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The Unsung: Marty Walker, The Devil’s Rejects (2005)
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Read more: The Unsung: Marty Walker, The Devil’s Rejects (2005)The local eccentric, all moustache and lambchops, waiting desperately for someone to give a shit. At last, somebody does. The local sheriff, in fact
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The Unsung: Abraham Lincoln, Of Human Hearts (1938)
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Read more: The Unsung: Abraham Lincoln, Of Human Hearts (1938)Second only to Jesus, Abraham Lincoln has had more books published about him than any other historical figure.
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The Unsung: Conal Cochran, Halloween III
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Read more: The Unsung: Conal Cochran, Halloween IIIGive me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to kill children….
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The Unsung: Duane, Annie Hall (1977)
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Read more: The Unsung: Duane, Annie Hall (1977)Before the Deer Hunter Oscar, there was Duane. Predating Fatboy Slim, the Tarantino flirtation, and More Cowbell – long before his signature style gave birth to an icon.
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The Unsung: Pamela Voorhees, Friday the 13th (1980)
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Read more: The Unsung: Pamela Voorhees, Friday the 13th (1980)All my life, I’ve admired the long game. Someone willing to take a slight from childhood, nurture it into a grudge, build into an obsession, and end as a singular fixation that explodes in violence.