January 25 movie: Lord Love a Duck. My goodness, this was a strange movie. A black comedy and social satire that's brutally funny, deeply sad, and just plain vicious. Roddy McDowell is a super-genius high school student who goes to any length, even to murder, to realize the dreams of his platonic love, Tuesday Weld. Also stars Ruth Gordon, Harvey Korman, Lola Albright and Martin West.
Tuesday Weld is extraordinary. Her sexpot character is both a send-up and totally earnest. She's ludicrous, selfish, and should be hateful, but somehow Weld makes her sympathetic. The movie reminded me a little bit of Rushmore, especially the sequence of escalating failed murder attempts.
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