tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post575524026518386537..comments2024-03-28T10:31:55.774-07:00Comments on The Passing Tramp: Pump up the Volume! Radioland Murders (1994)The Passing Tramphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-31990959399415050142016-10-18T18:23:08.864-07:002016-10-18T18:23:08.864-07:00Speaking of guns, I liked the bit when the guy sho...Speaking of guns, I liked the bit when the guy shouts at the cop to "use your gun" to break the glass door, and [SPOILER] the cop throws the gun at the door!The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-48496217936383545062016-10-18T18:21:19.437-07:002016-10-18T18:21:19.437-07:00It's too bad they didn't. Paper Moon is s...It's too bad they didn't. Paper Moon is such a great film, one of my favorites. I suspect a seventies version would not have been quite so frenetic!The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-6092607057345274622016-10-18T15:16:50.829-07:002016-10-18T15:16:50.829-07:00I remember enjoying this one. I have great fondnes...I remember enjoying this one. I have great fondness for radio theater and even created the only college sponsored radio theater in the Mid-Atlantic states back in the 1980s. It had a short life of only two years due to a major overhaul of the few non-music programming slots, but we all had a lot of fun while it lasted. I bet this movie would have been a sleeper had it been made and released in the late 70s. Lucas must've been inspired by the popularity of THE STING and PAPER MOON, both made in 1973 the same year AMERICAN GRAFFITTI was released. With both those movies proving that a period crime story can do well I wonder what made them surrender and shelve it for over decade.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-68488490648581831662016-10-17T10:57:48.887-07:002016-10-17T10:57:48.887-07:00I'm with you on this one. Great art it ain'...I'm with you on this one. Great art it ain't, but who cares? There's so much going on, so many nostalgic moments coupled with featherweight farce, with all of it so fast-paced and tightly compressed that it could make you wonder just what's happening.<br /><br />In the closing credits Mercer and Elman's "And the Angels Sing" gets a thorough working over - but in a good way. I'm still amazed, though, at how someone could audibly cock a revolver just by pushing it forward.Mike Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17182471386130948540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-46483724267285366712016-10-17T05:19:16.771-07:002016-10-17T05:19:16.771-07:00Have to get my hands on a copy of this! Thanks!Have to get my hands on a copy of this! Thanks!Peggy Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00426356514707257708noreply@blogger.com