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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 415021" data-attributes="member: 8">Tonight was a child actors double feature.PAPER MOON (1973)[ATTACH=full]55048[/ATTACH]Tatum is the youngest of the child actors, and the reason it&#039;s been sitting in my watch list is because I feared it would be awkwardly saccharine.Thankfully it isn&#039;t and the tone of the film is light-hearted and funny but also consistent it what it tries to achieve, with just enough bitterness around the edges.The supporting cast in mostly small roles has helped making this a vibrant and lovely film.BUGSY MALONE (1976)[ATTACH=full]55049[/ATTACH]I had seen this before but that was 40 years ago so I don&#039;t think it counts as a rewatch.&nbsp; The film doesn&#039;t need much description, just kids (ranging between 12 and 16 years old)&nbsp; mimicking adults in classic gangster tropes, and how could it not&nbsp; look fabulous. But someone had to come up with the idea first, and that was Alan Parker.All the songs are fantastic but unfortunately not sung by the cast.My favourite character is Dandy Dan played by Martin Lev, he looks convincingly nasty. Blousy Brown is supposed to be a &quot;good girl&quot; but she gave me Neely O&#039;Hara vibes. And it&#039;s probably not relevant to this film but I think Jodie Foster should have played the lead role in a Barbara Stanwyck biopic.The DVD picture is windowboxed (four black borders) and that always makes a bit challenging to find the perfect distance between eyes and screen.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 415021, member: 8"] Tonight was a child actors double feature. PAPER MOON (1973) [ATTACH type="full"]55048[/ATTACH] Tatum is the youngest of the child actors, and the reason it's been sitting in my watch list is because I feared it would be awkwardly saccharine. Thankfully it isn't and the tone of the film is light-hearted and funny but also consistent it what it tries to achieve, with just enough bitterness around the edges. The supporting cast in mostly small roles has helped making this a vibrant and lovely film. BUGSY MALONE (1976) [ATTACH type="full"]55049[/ATTACH] I had seen this before but that was 40 years ago so I don't think it counts as a rewatch. The film doesn't need much description, just kids (ranging between 12 and 16 years old) mimicking adults in classic gangster tropes, and how could it [I]not[/I] look fabulous. But someone had to come up with the idea first, and that was Alan Parker. All the songs are fantastic but unfortunately not sung by the cast. My favourite character is Dandy Dan played by Martin Lev, he looks convincingly nasty. Blousy Brown is supposed to be a "good girl" but she gave me Neely O'Hara vibes. And it's probably not relevant to this film but I think Jodie Foster should have played the lead role in a Barbara Stanwyck biopic. The DVD picture is windowboxed (four black borders) and that always makes a bit challenging to find the perfect distance between eyes and screen. [/QUOTE]

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