Paul Welsh

Paul Welsh

Favorite films

  • Sweet Smell of Success
  • Cool Hand Luke
  • The Wicker Man
  • Burn After Reading

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  • Act Without Words II

    ★★★½

  • Act Without Words I

    ★★★½

  • Play

    ★★★★

  • Krapp's Last Tape

    ★★★★½

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Stray Dog
★★★★½ Liked Watched

A rookie police officer loses his firearm to a pickpocket, which begins an obsessive quest to recover it. As the audience, there's more of a relief when he regains the gun than when he handcuffs the antagonist. It's not about the criminal, it's about the vehicle behind the crimes, and where the culpability lies. He thinks differently than the older officers. They continually tell him to stop worrying, forget about it. He's dogmatic and fatalist... because the gun was his…

His Girl Friday
★★★★★ Liked Watched

If the screwball comedy satirized the love story, this satirizes the screwball comedy. Cary Grant disappears for longer periods of the film than I'd ever expect... and they aren't filler scenes, they're flawless. It's a film about corruption... daily syndications as crime syndicates.

"Mighty nice little town, Albany. They've got the state capitol there, you know."

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