March 24, 2020 – Day of the Locust (1975) The Criterion Channel
I have had enough of mediocre movies! While Netflix and Prime have some very good TV shows and movies, too often I find myself watching something mediocre just because it is there. In an effort to avoid mediocrity, I signed up for the two-week free trial of the Criterion Chanel, home to foreign, cult and classic movies. Today, I watched this 1972 big-budget spectacular based on the Nathaniel West novel that I read way back in High School. It follows several characters through a soul-sucking Hollywood of the 1930s. It has an amazing cast: Donald Sutherland, Karen Black, Burges Meredith, among others. It is panoramic in scope and beautifully shot. How fun to see what my home city looked like back in the day. This was a very satisfying movie experience – no mediocrity here. I feel like I already got my money worth from free trial of The Criterion Channel.