tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028831787280199543.post2220527420631046998..comments2024-01-03T05:51:32.747-08:00Comments on Thoughts on Film: September 2009Doug Listhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01339222653620926842noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028831787280199543.post-12090560001153172142009-10-01T11:50:32.588-07:002009-10-01T11:50:32.588-07:00I read WHAT MAKES SAMMY RUN? 30-35 years ago. (Bef...I read WHAT MAKES SAMMY RUN? 30-35 years ago. (Before you were born.) I don't remember why I read it, but I do remember not "getting" it. Small town boy, never been to the big city, I knew even then I was missing the point. Probably worth a re-read.<br /><br />LAST FRONTIER sounds like one of those movies from the Golden Age of cinema Westerns that's actually worth watching. Looking for NetFlix now.<br /><br />I read INFORMANT a couple of years and was shocked to see they had made a comedy out of it. I haven't seen the movie, but you're dead on with your casting suggestions. Sam Rockwell and Alec Baldwin would have been great. Tom Hanks might also have done well as the fed, based on his work in CATCH ME IF YOU CAN. The book was too long and went over the same ground too often, but could have been turned into a great movie along the lines of THE INSIDER or even ERIN BROCKOVICH.Dana Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350344882342624735noreply@blogger.com