OSCARS '82: Diner
“You gonna finish that roast beef sandwich?”
CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of sexism, sexual harassment, infidelity, alcoholism, emotional abuse and manipulation.
There’s still a good amount of debate between Macintosh & Maud as to whether or not this is a good movie. Which, in most cases, would be a pretty good indication it isn’t, but this movie is a bit of an exception. There’s not a lot happening in this movie other than idiot, barely-adult men behaving horribly in 1959 and cracking jokes. Yet the directing is so smart, and the acting is so incredibly good, that it still manages to be charming. Hollywood legend Barry Levinson is better known as a director than a writer, and that shows a bit in a messy, uneven script that doesn’t fully make the grade. But this is a movie that has a certain something - whether that’s enough to make it good or not is up to you. We continue with Oscars ‘82 this week as we talk about Diner on Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?!
Plus, a review of the new film The Tragedy of Macbeth. Spoiler alert: Shakespeare deserves better.
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Intro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive.
Excerpt taken from “A Teenager in Love,” written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman and performed by Dion and the Belmonts, included in the original motion picture soundtrack to the film Diner. Phonographic copyright 1982 Elektra/Asylum Records.
Excerpt taken from Season 6, Episode 12 of The Simpsons, “Homer the Great.” © 1994 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.
Excerpts taken from the film Diner are © 1982 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Excerpt taken from “Main Theme from ‘Missing’” is written and composed by Vangelis and released on his album Themes. © 1989 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg.
