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Neat!

posted 18 years ago by scidon
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I must say, many movies are considered "unique" or "different", but I think this is among the few that truly belong in those categories. I loved this film! I recently viewed it for the first time and even during the movie I knew I loved it. It is funny, scary (well, some of the music combined with Coburn's Grinch smile), has action, suspense in that you have absolutely no idea what is going to come next, and throughout has interesting color schemes and artistic arrangements etc (as well as funny signs and things in the background). I want to watch it again ASAP to look for more things I probably missed in the backgrounds, and also to pay closer attention to music themes.
I have never seen a film like "The President's Analyst"

What did y'all think? Any particular favorite parts or little things you may have noticed?

[–] nocomputer1962 18 years ago

Thanks, scidon, for a refreshing summary of a movie that I've loved for about 30 years. You sound about as enthused as I did after my first viewing. I wish more people were familiar with this movie, as it is overflowing with quotable dialogue, and unforgettable characters. One of my favorite lines ever is when Coburn tells Pat Harrington's character, "You're a megalomaniac, and the phone company is psychotic." You'll know you're a true fan when you start saying the word "tedium" to the melody of Brahms' Lullaby, or making out your AT & T checks to "TPC."

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[–] [email protected] 17 years ago

-I love being surprised by a film, it rarely happens, and this is the rare film you just can't pinpoint what will happen next.-

Absolutely - like how very early on in the movie, Coburn scoffs at the idea of a psychiatrist's office being bugged, and agent Cambridge, already established as one of the good guys, reveals the one he planted himself! All bets are off at this point...

[–] ksf-2 16 years ago

Fun. wacky. for a similar one, scope "Skidoo" (1968) Carol Channing, Jackie Gleason, Groucho Marx, Burgess Meredith, Peter Lawford. i've watched it several times, and still trying to figure out whats going on, but you have fun in the meantime...

[–] rhondie28 16 years ago

I watched part of this movie the other night. It was shown on the local cable access channel. They play obscure, or at least old, little known movies on that station. I didn't see the beginning to get the whole plot. The scene with Snow White out in the field where the different assassins killed each other one after another trying to get at James Coburn was wild! Pretty clever!

[–] Axelbaxter 13 years ago

After seeing this film back in the 60's, when it was released, I wanted to buy a gong!

[–] [email protected] 12 years ago

One of those things that only hits with repeat viewings: soon after Schaefer has fled the White House and is holed up in suburbia with the 'typical American family' there's an exterior shot where a big panel van with the 'TPC' logo is parked on the street*. Earlier on we see the same logo on a White House maintenance wheelbarrow (imagine trying to do that now!), and again on a phone booth in Chinatown that a pursuing agent gets trapped in...not likely to get noticed as we're not privy to TPC and their workings at that point.

*I'd first seen this movie on tv when it was 'panned & scanned' and only saw the van when widescreen movies were letterboxed on tv - my jaw dropped.

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