Burl Ives Hates R2D2
NYC's Film Forum wrapped up its Ennio Morricone festival the same night the man took the stage in LA to get his lifetime achievement award - worth watching simply to see Clint Eastwood play translator. (link) One of the movies that doesn't make the Oscar featurette is the 1982 Sam Fuller film White Dog. Don't get me wrong - its a fine soundtrack - but the movie itself... Well, it was a hit in France. To learn more about this movie starring a white attack dog trained to kill Black people start here or here. Its certainly worth seeking out if you are a Sam Fuller or Burl Ives fan. Burl Ives and Paul Winfield play animal trainers in the movie, Paul much to Burl's dismay agrees to retrain the white dog to no longer hate black flesh. But that's not why we are here now - In this scene Burl Ives admits to Kristy McNichol that he is prejudiced as well (link)
