Rififi

I'm very happy to see that Turner Classic Movies is showing Jules Dassin's masterpiece Rififi (or Du Rififi Chez les Hommes) tomorrow night. It's a classic Film Noir with one of the coolest heist scenes you'll ever see. I love sooooo many things about this movie, not the least of which is the sad, world weary face of the star, Jean Servais. This sketch doesn't do him justice so I may have to try again some other time.

What the internet & cable TV hath wrot

(Spoiler Alert:  If you've never seen the movie Fight Club, don't read any further.  It's ridiculous to say that about a movie that's ten years old, but you know how people are.)


This morning, my son asked me if I'd heard the theory that Ferris Bueller and Cameron are the same person, ala Fight Club.  I hadn't, but he told me more about it and I'll be darned if it didn't make at least a little bit of sense.  A few hours later I stumble across a similar theory about What About Bob? I doubt that either movie was originally written with that in mind, but like the Wizard of OZ/Dark Side of the Moon phenomenon, if you put in a little effort you can make them fit.