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1973
The Sting is a 1973 American caper film. Set in 1936, it involves a complicated plot by two professional grifters to con a mob boss. The film was directed by George Roy Hill, who had directed Newman and Redford in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969). The screenplay by David S. Ward was inspired by real-life cons perpetrated by brothers Fred and Charley Gondorff and documented by David Maurer in his 1940 book…
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In an era where multiplexes are glutted with infantilised CGI spectacles and Academy voters increasingly reward films preaching progressive moralism over crowd-pleasing craft, the notion of a mainstream box-office titan sweeping the Oscars feels almost quaint. Rewind to 1973, however, and one finds George Roy Hill’s *The Sting*—a film that conquered both global audiences and the Academy with equal panache, winning s…More
Source A charged and eloquent atmosphere, expressive camera movements and framing, vibrant and driving rhythm, candid and funny characters, and, especially, a beautiful and fantastic monster. Features of a film that is not going to change the history of cinema, but made with desire and love for the seventh art, which (pardon the cliché) does not underestimate the audience, but above all, does not despise it.…More
Image I saw this movie many years after it was screened in first-run theaters, for age reasons and I was delighted with it in a third-run theater where I went with my teenage friends and the theme left us amazed because they always present the bad guys as violent and heartless and here, they turned out to be not only intelligent but also peaceful. Image The plot revolves around the task of avenging a f…More
