The Landlord ***
Hal Ashby, 1970
US
@ Northwest Film Forum
I feel like these days when we bother to broach the subjects of race and class we have very well-defined things we're allowed to say and specific ways in which we say them. You can basically presume what you're going to "learn" from an issue movie before you even see it.
While it's also hilarious, this film feels a bit dangerous by today's standards, mostly in terms of content but also in terms of form at some points, maybe because there hadn't been such a long tradition of "well-made" films dealing the integration, at least in which the writer could use actual terminology and not just beat around the bush whilst assuming the audience would be on the same page.
See also: IMDb | J. Hoberman review
Hal Ashby, 1970
US
@ Northwest Film Forum
I feel like these days when we bother to broach the subjects of race and class we have very well-defined things we're allowed to say and specific ways in which we say them. You can basically presume what you're going to "learn" from an issue movie before you even see it.
While it's also hilarious, this film feels a bit dangerous by today's standards, mostly in terms of content but also in terms of form at some points, maybe because there hadn't been such a long tradition of "well-made" films dealing the integration, at least in which the writer could use actual terminology and not just beat around the bush whilst assuming the audience would be on the same page.
See also: IMDb | J. Hoberman review
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