July 20, 2004
A Cagney reminder
I'm off to lose myself in Metallica. I feel like Al Pacino in Dog Day Afternoon - only instead of "Attica" I will be screaming "Metallica"!
But just a reminder to myself - I want to talk about this moment from Public Enemy tomorrow - I probably don't have anything to add, but I want to talk about it anyway:
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This scene was improvised by Cagney. The script called for him to throw the grapefruit across the table and nearly miss her......Cagney went with his instincts.
We don't see brave, inventive, mesmorizing actors like this anymore. He was a miracle of a talent.
Posted by: Alex at July 21, 2004 12:14 AM