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From: pking@denelcor.UUCP (Paul King)
Newsgroups: net.movies
Subject: Re: Best Movies of All Time
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Date: Thu, 5-Jan-84 10:07:01 EST
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	I won't examine each of the choices in this "best of..." list,
	but I'll admit to doing a doubletake upon seeing "Body Heat"
	mentioned.  Clearly this list was compiled by somebody who has
	not seen a lot of movies.  Otherwise they would recognise "Body
	Heat" as nothing more than a cheezey remake of "Double Indemnity".

	"Double Indemnity" has a lot going for it:  original novel by
	James M. Cain (who also wrote "The Postman Always Rings Twice",
	"Mildred Pierce", and other equally grim books), screenplay by
	Raymond Chandler, knock-out performances by Fred MacMurray (not
	the absent-minded professor here), Barbara Stanwyck, and Edward
	G. Robinson, and outstanding direction by Billy Wilder.

	I would have no trouble at all including "Double Indemnity" in
	a list of "best films ever", but "Body Heat" just doesn't have
	any outstanding features that weren't surpassed in the original.

				P. King  (...hao!denelcor!pking)