it's been a bleak week for showiz. two modest talents, ingmar bergman and michaelangelo antonioni have died. and one genius has gone: charles lane. here he is pictured rough-housing with jimmy stewart in "mr smith goes to washington". thankfully lane has been given the greatest tribute possible; he is the model for the bespectacled, grey-suited, blue-haired lawyer in "the simpsons". that's a far greater honour than any sidewalk star or any academy award. nothing in bergman, antonioni, or any european cinema is as good as the performances lane gave in his 5 or 6 frank capra films. he wins because he's funny. just sublime.
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LOVE that movie and yes, I can totally see the resemblence...(with the Simpsons lawyer...always thought he looked familiar).
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