His face throughout the film looks like a mixture of confusion and constipation. Every Film Ever Nominated For An Academy Award In Any Category, Psychological Disorders in the Movies: Feature Films, letterboxd.com/jamawive/list/psychological-disorders-in-the-movies-documentaries/edit/. © Letterboxd Limited. Sort of a psychological noir rather than a “crime” noir. What was I thinking? Made by fans in Auckland, New Zealand. At least Jean Simmons is interesting. Having the different women play the role of his wife at different points in their relationship is cute, but this is a straight-up stinker and Garner is just astoundingly miscast. It starts to fall apart near the end, mostly because James Garner seems to be trying too hard as the film climaxes in a way that isn't as full a pay off as you want, but the journey to get there is fascinating. James Garner is "Mr. Buddwing," a man who wakes up in Central Park and can't remember who he is in this 1966 film directed by Delbert Mann. All he has to go on are the items he finds upon his person. Using these he goes in search of who he is. James Garner Jean Simmons Suzanne Pleshette Katharine Ross Angela Lansbury George Voskovec Jack Gilford Joe Mantell Billy Halop Raymond St. Jacques Ken Lynch Nichelle Nichols Wesley Addy Rafael Campos Kam Tong Fletcher Allen, 100 mins   No, I didn't always like him, but he's quite human. ", Yeah, it's terrible. Taking the name Buddwing off of a Budweiser truck and the wing of a plane, Garner has a train schedule for a Harlem line, a phone number, and a ring with a crack in it from "GV." Hosted by Elric Kane and Brian…. IMDb Murder My Sweet (1944) vs. Farewell, My Lovely (1975). He proceeds to spend the next day or so looking for himself and the woman he loves. This review may contain spoilers. I enjoyed this film...despite some of reviews, first off it kept my interest...maybe for some it gets….

Dissociative Amnesia has never before been this stylish. Dude was kind of a dick. Olivia and Joan: Sisters of the Silver Screen, L.A. La Land: Fame, Fortune, and Forensics. On a whim, I rented this film without any idea of what it was. All pictures were found on various blogs and websites I frequent.

Films made in NYC before Rudy Giuliani became mayor in 1994. Loved all the shots of New York, the Deli owner and the impromptu protest gang-up on that cop. Angela Lansbury…. Solid movie, but kind of all over the place. Let me try and explain..... the fault isn't with director Delbert Mann as his skill with 'New York' stories was proven with Marty and Middle Of The Night, and this one gains immeasurably from documentary-like footage shot on the streets of the Big Apple and his very 'mod' technique, with flashy camera angles, rapid-fire editing and jazzy score to the fore, effortlessly creating…, It is a true pleasure to discover a movie that you've never heard of before that also happens to be really great. Since I was a small child dancing around the livingroom with my father to (I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo, I have been fascinated with all things classic... especially movies. Worst picture I ever made. He's not a hero trying to save the world, but a very ordinary fellow who we see struggle through the fear and anguish of not knowing who he is. Starting this in the 1950s and only using films…, (Casi) todas las películas disponibles en Filmin. ", Gradually things start to come back to him as he meets various women throughout the day, all of whom he thinks are named Grace. It's Noirsville, a visually oriented blog celebrating the vast and varied sources of inspiration, all of the resulting output, and all of the creative reflections back, of a particular style/tool of film making used in certain film/plot sequences or for a films entirety that conveyed claustrophobia, alienation, obsession, and events spiraling out of control, that came to fruition in the roughly the period of the last two and a half decades of B&W film. It's just more fun when it's not taking itself so seriously. Inside his pockets are a phone number, some pills and a train schedule. The frequent shifts in time, or in misremembered fantasy, are often confusing as an audience member, but I suppose they would be confusing for the amnesiac Buddwing as well. He has a phone number in his pocket. We spend the next day with him trying to get to the bottom of things, and trying to find the woman he's in love with. Film data from TMDb.