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DIG THIS: CLASSIC TOUGH GUYS @ BRATTLE THEATRE

Posted on August 10, 2012 by SEAN CLANCY Email
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There was a time when action stars weren’t well-sculpted Ken dolls of death. When amoral anti-heroes slouched through films, subsisting solely on the sweat they could soak up in their cheap suits. That time was … the late ’60s and early ’70s. Seriously, people got away with this shit. This weekend-long celebration of the “traditional” (read: murderous) macho man kicks off with a double feature of Michael Caine as the titular British gangster in Get Carter, and Lee Marvin out for revenge against the dean from Animal House in Point Blank.

[Brattle Theatre. 40 Brattle St., Harvard Sq., Cambridge. 617.876.6837. 7pm/18+/$6.75-$12. @BrattleTheatre. brattlefilm.org]

About SEAN CLANCY

"Time's glory is to calm contending kings, To unmask falsehood, and bring truth to light." - Shakespeare, "The Rape of Lucrece" "I gyve unto my wief my second best bed with the furniture." - Shakespeare, "Last Will and Testament."
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