THE SIMPLE PLEASURES OF FLOYD GONDOLLI

_{BOOGIE NIGHTS (1997)}

The line stands on its own.

“I like simple pleasures like, butter in my ass, lollipops in my mouth.  That’s just me.”

It’s delivered so eloquently by Floyd Gondolli (Philip Baker Hall), pleading the case for video as the future of pornography and not celluloid.  The thought of Gondolli submitting himself to such kink keeps the focus on him, or so we think. 

Click the quote to check out The Colonel (Robert Ridgely) on the couch and out of focus in the background; dying of laughter and trying hard not to fudge the scene.  It’s a hard, quiet chortle and a true cinematic moment caught for posterity; the line between art and real life now blurred, leaving us in wonderment.

 

Is the Colonel or Ridgely trying to hold it together?

CUT AWAY! CUT AWAY!

The Ampipe High School locker room from All the Right Moves (1983) exemplifies the sacred yet malodourous, bacteria-ridden home of men.  We find the Bulldogs gearing up for practice, readying for their rival, Walnut Heights.

Gearing up in Ampipe apparently means a dance scene amongst the players; the only scene in the movie tailored for the female audience.  It’s cheesy, but not solely for its absurdity.

The real violation occurs over 14 seconds of a meat-titted, beer body with graying chest hair doing their best locker room jig.  That's 14 seconds of Tank! 

An eternity for a single shot.  An eternity of screen time for that guy.

We, at Nitflix, are not asking for too much when we beseech a re-edit!  3 seconds is the maximum elapsed time we are requesting.  The editors can fill with whatever they want with that remaining 11 seconds.  

NITFLIX PROFILE: JACKIE EARLE HALEY

As the punkish, little league slugger Kelly Leak in the irreverent (and original) Bad News Bears (1976) and the quick-fisted, soft-hearted Moocher in the Serio-comedy Breaking Away (1979), Jackie Earle Haley defined the young, modern American outlaw.  

As Haley got older, he resigned to B-movie jobs and bits on TV, as father time prevented casting into younger roles.  Between 1993 and 2006 Haley found himself directing commercials and corporate videos, until his returning to the screen as a child molester in Little Children (2006).

Since then, he’s been credited with 18 films. 

A transformation from freckles and a toothy grin to a scowl and sinister look, Haley’s professional acting range is evident, with a career renaissance rivaling John Travolta and Robert Downey Jr.  

Any actor worth Haley's salt will always have a job in Hollywood.  

A 13-year layoff doesn’t erase that sort of talent.