tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30487573.post7491200647099166294..comments2024-03-14T19:14:03.059-05:00Comments on Acidemic - Film: The First Lebowski: CUTTER'S WAY (1981)Erich Kuerstenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02850572368098319317noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30487573.post-66106703326770974412016-07-14T02:08:00.845-05:002016-07-14T02:08:00.845-05:00A friend recommended Cutter's Way to me and I ...A friend recommended Cutter's Way to me and I really dug it. Parallels with The Big Lebowski (the fulcrum of JB's career?) were in the back of my mind as well, CW is a sort of headier version of similar material. And I do think it's better than Blow Out, The Parallax View, and some of the other paranoid thrillers. It's got a real heart to it, the menage a trois relationship at the center of it all (Bone, Cutter, and Mo) adds a human touch. Just started the novel . . .Eric Gillilandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00778517683750389280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30487573.post-8041180053191890202011-01-22T00:39:09.805-05:002011-01-22T00:39:09.805-05:00Thanks for the link, Erich! As the Wu Tang Clan on...Thanks for the link, Erich! As the Wu Tang Clan once said, we're back in the game now. Looking forward to a more active 2011.<br /><br />(And great piece here, as usual).James Hansenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09650436008918093617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30487573.post-22633972140106722952011-01-20T14:58:56.872-05:002011-01-20T14:58:56.872-05:00I had much the same reaction to this film: by 1981...I had much the same reaction to this film: by 1981 this stuff was a little played out despite the best efforts of the people involved. A lesser-known Bridges movie from the '70s that I enjoyed wholeheartedly was the fictionalized Kennedy assassination thriller WINTER KILLS.Will Erricksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16285306262078600804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30487573.post-2802428214564751342011-01-13T23:30:32.115-05:002011-01-13T23:30:32.115-05:00Erich, you do need to read the novel, though it mi...Erich, you do need to read the novel, though it might make you think less of the film. Endings are very different -- as I'm sure you're shocked to learn.Samuel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30487573.post-74519852242522128912011-01-13T22:48:09.648-05:002011-01-13T22:48:09.648-05:00I'm going to have to check this one out, great...I'm going to have to check this one out, great review. Though I hate to be that guy. "Lebowski"Zachary Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15622085931330902943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30487573.post-58647019824043833402011-01-13T16:23:43.885-05:002011-01-13T16:23:43.885-05:00Consider it added to my queue.Consider it added to my queue.Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17045294003088106262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30487573.post-88712830071013377162011-01-13T16:13:19.907-05:002011-01-13T16:13:19.907-05:00Sometimes there's man... wow, I lost my train ...Sometimes there's man... wow, I lost my train of thought, there...<br /><br />Excellent post! I think I like CUTTER'S WAY a bit more than you do... I'm still digging on its '70s-esque nihilistic ending as Heard takes one fer the team and Bridges finally becomes a believer? And is there anything more eerie than that shot of Stephen Elliott putting on his mirror shades? No wonder Bridges does what he does.<br /><br />I also think that Lisa Eichhorn who plays the long suffering Mo is note perfect. She really does an incredible job in this film.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164105442273577128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30487573.post-1639997277316179442011-01-13T14:36:32.611-05:002011-01-13T14:36:32.611-05:00Thanks, Otto! I'm in the camp that one should ...Thanks, Otto! I'm in the camp that one should never do spoilers, or even describe the plot. You make me feel I need to read that book!Erich Kuerstenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02850572368098319317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30487573.post-75908312739838351572011-01-13T13:50:45.532-05:002011-01-13T13:50:45.532-05:00The novel CUTTER AND BONE was pretty gripping (at ...The novel CUTTER AND BONE was pretty gripping (at least when i read it twenty years ago). It was out of print for a long while, but was reprinted recently, with a forward by George Pelicanos. Maybe a bit elmore leonardesque, but i tell ya, i couldn't put it down.<br /><br />I have the movie on my Netlix list. Your review is good, and thanks for no spoilers!<br /><br />-OMOtto Mannixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11490313031593310650noreply@blogger.com