I could've gone and named this thread 'Just One More Thing, Sir.' but that would've been stretching obviousness to breaking point - and, besides, it was very probably used as a title back on the old site, and about the same subject: Columbo.
Columbo is fucking terrific.
I'd gotten up an few hours ago and managed to record the best part of an episode where Louis Jordan plays a murderous chef. It's a favourite of mine and it was one of the first few things to be directed by Jonathan Demme. There's an episode directed by Spielberg himself, but Demme's pisses all over his effort.
The morning before, it was an episode with Ruth Gordon, prompting some terrific acting from her and Peter Falk.
The more the years go past, the more I find myself appreciating the old episodes more and more (the less said of the lame, forgettable later ones from the '90's - bad mistakes - the better). Okay, some of them may not be directorial works of art, but they do fascinate, fill up the odd hour with pleasurable viewing, and, more importantly, show Peter Falk at the top of his game.
Top class.
Columbo is fucking terrific.
I'd gotten up an few hours ago and managed to record the best part of an episode where Louis Jordan plays a murderous chef. It's a favourite of mine and it was one of the first few things to be directed by Jonathan Demme. There's an episode directed by Spielberg himself, but Demme's pisses all over his effort.
The morning before, it was an episode with Ruth Gordon, prompting some terrific acting from her and Peter Falk.
The more the years go past, the more I find myself appreciating the old episodes more and more (the less said of the lame, forgettable later ones from the '90's - bad mistakes - the better). Okay, some of them may not be directorial works of art, but they do fascinate, fill up the odd hour with pleasurable viewing, and, more importantly, show Peter Falk at the top of his game.
Top class.
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