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20. Deal of the Century (1983)
William Friedkin directed this broad, knockabout comedy about arms dealing without much flair and it is really only a vehicle for that lost legend of 80s screen comedy, Chevy Chase. He is a small-time arms dealer and Sigourney Weaver plays the haughty and enraged widow of a corporate defence contractor, Wallace Shawn, blaming Chase for her husbandâs untimely death in the fictional South American state of San Miguel, where both men had been touting for business. United by greed, and maybe a spark of something more, Weaver joins Chase on a mission to close the arms deal of the century. This doesnât do justice to Weaverâs class and style.
That said, as with other global cultural phenomena, such as the Beatles or Shakespeare,
Star Wars doesn t need me to care about it. And, if you ll indulge a tautology, I have no trouble admitting that not caring about
Star Wars isn t as interesting as having something interesting to say about
Star Wars. And while I have nothing to offer in that regard, Mudede will publish a post a little later in the morning that goes some way in describing my preference for
Star Wars-type sci-fi over
Star Trek-type sci-fi.
More 5/4 news: New ep of my fav podcast dropped today. This one is about an actually good Supreme Court reform proposal.