http://theclinteastwoodarchive.blogspot.ca/2013/04/dead-technology-or-how-we-came-to-love.html
Yes, everyone that knows me well knows I'm a big Clint fan. But this article, from the blog of the UK's biggest Clint fan, caught my eye for a few other reasons as well. Mostly it got me thinking about my 12th birthday party in 1983. My parents told me I could rent 3 movies plus the machine. So off we went to Box Office Video in Mill Creek, where I happily picked my 3:
On Golden Pond (my dad having vetoed Best Little Whorehouse In Texas)
1001 Rabbit Tales (a Looney Tunes compilation film)
Buck Rogers in the 23rd Century (a short-lived Battlestar Galactica knockoff starring Gil "Who?" Gerard.
Yes, Dolly's boobs were off limits, but occaisionally foul-mouthed Henry Fonda was OK. Which was fine, because On Golden Pond gave me an understanding of the elderly that I still have today.
One more thing about Dolly though. A few nights ago I saw the 'making-of' featurette on the Best Little Whorehouse DVD, which was promo material and interviews from the film's release in 1982. Aside from learning that Burt Reynolds took two months of singing lessons (guess the teacher wasn't available for Stallone in Rhinestone a couple years later. But I digress) the thing that struck me was Parton's assertion that she had reservations about playing Miss Mona because "we have to protect the public with what we do." Would Lindsay Lohan say that these days? Or even Sandra Bullock? I assume Dolly also meant that there was more desire to produce quality entertainment.
MTMG
