TSHDT?
They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? – Great movie, with some questionable over-acting in various scenes. People turned into animals and circus performers, with the scam only shown at the ending. Jane Fonda the ultimate bitter Dustbowl survivor, “Ch-rist!” Pregnant woman, old sick man, “Folks can’t stop having babies just because they got no money.”
I’m keeping an eye on you.
Which one?
“Sixty-five… I hope I never live to be that old.”
The entire film is tragedy, bitter and hollow, zombie faces of the living dead. The mysterious title of the film is also the last line of screenplay dialogue.
I made a bunch of notes about the film that I now cannot read, it’s too bad because while I remember the film well I really don’t remember what I jotted down there. Too bad.
One of Sydney Pollack’s first films, the film is shot on a gorgeous, huge sound stage. The Rolling Stones used the same stage in 1969 to practice for their upcoming US tour, the one that ended on December 6th, 1969 at the infamous Altamont Speedway free concert; the film opened four days later.