May 16
Silver Bears (1977)
"Well, it was nothing important, I just happened to remember something you said, something about a venture you had, worth millions. It was nothing important."
"Ah, but it is important, very important. I'm glad you mentioned it. It is a fabulous, unique opportunity. A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."
"Well. I mean, uh, if you feel like talking about it..."
#silver bears#1977#british cinema#ivan passer#paul erdman#peter stone#michael caine#cybill shepherd#louis jourdan#stéphane audran#david warner#tom smothers#martin balsam#jay leno#tony mascia#charles gray#joss ackland#jeremy clyde#nigel patrick#claude bolling#i have to preface this by saying that‚ crucially‚ this is not a very good film#clearly attempting to capture something of the Blake Edwards school of sexy screwball caper films‚ but this is just too relaxed and too#lethargic to ever grab the viewer. it's a lowkey and leisurely treatment of a needlessly complicated plot of financial skullduggery and#also jay leno is there for some reason. but! all is not lost. this has two saving graces. one is the casually homoerotic tone that Caine#and Louis Jourdan seem to have struck up for their characters‚ linking arms and looking longingly into one another's eyes whenever they can#the other is of course my main squeeze‚ my little gangly guy‚ David Warner; criminally underused in a role which deserved a lot more#development‚ but to his credit putting in the work with some subtle (and not so subtle) physical work in the background‚ reacting to#dialogue and tripping up steps etc. a failure on release‚ which star Shepherd put down to a lack of promotion and opening#opposite Close Encounters‚ but i think the more likely reason is that this just isn't a very good film tbh
