tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448581132479481740.post5362784311345270704..comments2024-03-25T11:29:25.356-04:00Comments on Existential Ennui: Mr. Majestyk by Elmore Leonard (Dell, 1974); Book Review, Original Novel, Basis for the 1974 MovieNick Jones (Louis XIV, the Sun King)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17716508525331235684noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448581132479481740.post-51903182874244113692012-07-09T07:31:41.026-04:002012-07-09T07:31:41.026-04:00Oddly enough, judging by the bits and pieces I'...Oddly enough, judging by the bits and pieces I've seen online, people do seem overly disturbed by the watermelons being shot. Seems to be the moment in the movie that's stuck in everyone's mind, so the critics might have had something there, however unintended it was.Nick Jones (Louis XIV, the Sun King)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17716508525331235684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448581132479481740.post-58107264678496843012012-07-08T19:55:07.272-04:002012-07-08T19:55:07.272-04:00I saw an interview with Leonard years ago where he...I saw an interview with Leonard years ago where he pointed out that he'd originally written the character as a cantaloupe farmer but the producers had been unable to get hold of enough cantaloupes for the film, so they just used watermelons. Apparently critics at the time saw the smashed watermelons as a metaphor for human flesh.Dan Lesterhttp://www.monkeysmightpuke.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448581132479481740.post-74351269487025586612012-07-02T12:52:18.013-04:002012-07-02T12:52:18.013-04:00I rather like the 'do he's rocking in Mr. ...I rather like the 'do he's rocking in Mr. Majestyk, Col. Bronson's certainly a good fit for the movie – I don't know if Leonard wrote the screenplay/novel with him in mind, but I wouldn't be surprised if he had: he describes Vincent as looking more like a migrant labourer than the farm owner he is, and Bronson's definitely got the right look for that.Nick Jones (Louis XIV, the Sun King)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17716508525331235684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448581132479481740.post-48017186244531201922012-07-02T11:12:54.081-04:002012-07-02T11:12:54.081-04:00Top book and a top film - one of the many stuck in...Top book and a top film - one of the many stuck in the atticeto be re-read before disposing of.<br /><br />I always remember being slightly disturbed by the watermelons getting shot-up in the back of his truck...probably some sort of Catholic guilt thing going on with such a terrible waste of food with all the starving millions in the world!<br />Always thought Bronson was the personification of cool, even if he seemed in need of a decent haircut,<br />ColAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com