Having skipped the Joshua Ferris reading at Skylight last night, I had originally planned on calling it an early night, perfect for enjoying a glass of Suav Blanc on the Kung Futon. It was not to be...
The New Beverly Cinema has a special triple-feature of Southern regional movies going this weekend(as part of the Grindhouse Film Festival), and the temptation of heading over there for a little Southern-fried film was far too intense.
The first flick, Hot Summer in Barefoot County(1974) or Kuuma kesä Barefoot Countyssa in Finnish(thank you Internet Movie Database) features bootleggin' fun in a small town, and all the usual cliches are out in full force. Don Jones plays the world-wise "city" boy cop sent to break up the locals' fun, and Jeff MacKay plays Culley Joe Roberts, the good ol' boy who, seemingly out of sheer boredom, lives solely to frustrate his efforts. Along the way, there are more blatant scene-chewing car chases than you could shake a stick at(I lost count at #7 or something), most of which involve the usual incompetent bigoted Southern sheriff and his overly-fastidious, bumbling deputy sidekick, who, in one of the film's centerpiece scenes, gets assaulted by halter top bombshells Valerie Putney and Sherry Robinson. Great film, even if this particular transfer(Quentin Tarantino's own) was missing a few choice reels here and there.
Redneck Miller(1977) and In Hot Pursuit(1977) feature more of the same, although by this point, I'd gourged myself silly on three ridiculously-large popcorns by this time, and I was gleefully dozing in and out so both films sort of blur together in a haze of sticky butter-fueled, country music fun. In Hot Pursuit(1977), also known as Polk County Pot Plane, has an interesting backstory, something about a Georgia state politician wanting a film made about his congressional district, yadda, yadda, yadda.
Since you'd only see these movies here, I'd strongly recommend going and seeing them tonight if you can. Also, do not miss Koreatown's very own 1st Annual Subtitle Film Festival, playing this weekend at MPARK4 Theatre(Wilshire/New Hampshire).
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