John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

Average spy film about the Cold War with   twists , turns and confused script

"A woman has the right to know what her husband contributes to society."

Paul Newman and Dominique Sanda in The MacKintosh Man (1973)

Christiane Krüger in The Internecine Project (1974)

James Mason, Anthony Quinn, and Michael Caine in The Destructors (1974)

Paul Newman in The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)

Anjelica Huston and Assi Dayan in A Walk with Love and Death (1969)

Brad Dourif, Ned Beatty, Harry Dean Stanton, Dan Shor, and Amy Wright in Wise Blood (1979)

Orson Welles, Bibi Andersson, George Sanders, Max von Sydow, Richard Boone, Nigel Green, Dean Jagger, Patrick O'Neal, and Barbara Parkins in The Kremlin Letter (1970)

Now look, I think we've left no stone unturned. But let's not kid ourselves. If any of us is caught there's only a remote possibility we'd be mistaken for Russians. Keep in mind that close examination takes time, and that time they use on you could let the rest of us escape.

Barbara Parkins in The Kremlin Letter (1970)

Niall MacGinnis, Patrick O'Neal, and Barbara Parkins in The Kremlin Letter (1970)

Niall MacGinnis and Patrick O'Neal in The Kremlin Letter (1970)

Niall MacGinnis and Barbara Parkins in The Kremlin Letter (1970)

Max von Sydow in The Kremlin Letter (1970)

Bibi Andersson

Richard Boone

Nigel Green

Noel Behn

John Huston

Gladys Hill

During the Cold War a Naval Intelligence officer endowed with a powerful photographic memory is transferred to the CIA to participate in a covert operation in Moscow.

The Kremlin Letter

nice turnout for this film at MoMA

The Museum of Modern Art in NYC is having a &quot;Huston family&quot; festival and they showed this film last night. Big crowd to see this film that was a flop when originally released. I had been wanting to see it for some time out of curiosity: George Sanders appears in drag as a San Francisco gay bar pianist, and Barbara Parkins has a role, three years after &quot;Valley of the Dolls.&quot; (I love Parkins not just for the &quot;Valley&quot; connection. I think she&apos;s talented and beautiful and I love her voice.) I thoroughly enjoyed the movie. So much better than the stuff Hollywood cranks out today, although sometimes just as difficult to follow. There&apos;s lots of verbal exposition in the movie, and at one point I think it&apos;s even implied that the Orson Welles character is a homosexual.

The sexual politics of the film are outdated, perhaps. But, then, the political correctness of today is even more numbing.

The movie pops up on the Fox Movie Channel occasionally. Be sure to see it in letterbox.

By the way, Pauline Kael hated the movie. Funny, bitchy review in her book &quot;Deeper Into Movies.&quot; But just because Pauline hated it, doesn&apos;t mean you will. She complains about the sound, but I didn&apos;t notice a problem. She also complains about the look of the film, but I think the verite style was intentional.

One tiny thing I thought I noticed, the old lady who is the mother of the Russian thief Barbara Parkins lives with seems to have too nice a manicure! I could be wrong. The moment flew by.

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The Museum of Modern Art in NYC is having a "Huston family" festival and they showed this film last night. Big crowd to see this film that was a flop when originally released. I had been wanting to see it for some time out of curiosity: George Sanders appears in drag as a San Francisco gay bar pianist, and Barbara Parkins has a role, three years after "Valley of the Dolls." (I love Parkins not just for the "Valley" connection. I think she's talented and beautiful and I love her voice.) I thoroughly enjoyed the movie. So much better than the stuff Hollywood cranks out today, although sometimes just as difficult to follow. There's lots of verbal exposition in the movie, and at one point I think it's even implied that the Orson Welles character is a homosexual.

The sexual politics of the film are outdated, perhaps. But, then, the political correctness of today is even more numbing.

The movie pops up on the Fox Movie Channel occasionally. Be sure to see it in letterbox.

By the way, Pauline Kael hated the movie. Funny, bitchy review in her book "Deeper Into Movies." But just because Pauline hated it, doesn't mean you will. She complains about the sound, but I didn't notice a problem. She also complains about the look of the film, but I think the verite style was intentional.

One tiny thing I thought I noticed, the old lady who is the mother of the Russian thief Barbara Parkins lives with seems to have too nice a manicure! I could be wrong. The moment flew by.

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