First, let me say I enjoyed reading what you all had to say
during Stark month. I never actually got off my duff and
posted anything, but I enjoyed lurking.
I read Lawrence Block's "Eight Million Ways to Die" last week
and quite liked it - any suggestions for further
Blocks?
Now a question slightly off-topic but I hope not horribly so:
I rented John Huston's "The Asphalt Jungle" last night -
wonderful film so far, though I haven't yet seen the last
half-hour - and was mildly shocked to hear one of the
characters casually use what sounds like the f-word. I
wouldn't even notice the word in a more recent film, but for
a movie made in 1950 that's pretty wild. My wife and I
rewound the tape six times to be sure, but she mumbles the
line; can anyone confirm this? It's about 47 minutes in,
during a conversation between corrupt money-man Louis Calhern
and his invalid wife Dorothy Tree, who complains to the
effect that "I can't stand this f***ing house anymore."
This also made me wonder, what was the first movie to bring
profanity to the big screen? This is probably way off-topic,
but I wouldn't be surprised if it was a crime film.
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