A lost piece of art from the 80's

Mr Cinema

I remember watching 8 Million Ways to Die (1986).  There are a bunch of things I like about this film.  Jeff Bridges's performance is a great, tactical, and understated.  Andy Garcia is a great villain. Psychotic, warm and pathetic.  He makes poison sweet like a Jalapeno pepper.  This is entertaining film noir.  All of the characters are flawed. They all have weaknesses or addictions that are their downfall.  Bridges's Scudder is an alcoholic.  Rosanna Arquette is addicted to money.  Which always makes a good film noir.  2 things, that I usually see in the TV version of 8 Million Ways to Die (1986) that are cut out is (1) Alexandra Paul's Sunny has a bathroom scene with Scudder, which is usually cut out.  It's as naked a scene as Isabella Rosellini's scene in Blue Velvet.  (2) There is a long drawn out downspell of Bridges's character in the beginning that they. The studios usually cut out.  I don't buy the ending with Bridges and Arquette's character going off together, but Arquette does say that her dad was an alcoholic and we usually go for our parent's hardest traits in our mates, so. Maybe. They do get together.  Overall, This is underrated and overlooked. This is a Mr. cinema 100 pick.

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Mr Cinema 9 February 2002

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