Return To Marisa Days of Yore

Was reading online somewhere that “My Cousin Vinny” was one of the few “Courtroom Drama” films that lawyers tended to agree had done it right. Reading up on it, it occurred to me that I hadn’t seen that movie in years and YEARS, and decided to pick up a used DVD for about 7 bucks.

Watching it, it was as fun as I recalled, but HOLY TOLEDO, I. forgot. how. GODDAMN PRETTY Marisa Tomei was in this flick! Her magnificent portrayal of charismatic "Auto Specialist" Mona Lisa Vito was of course one of her most memorable and colorful characters, and MAN, just about every scene she was in was jus’ KILLIN’ ME!!! Screencaps galore follow…

Boy, can you believe that all of these different looks are from the same freaking movie? What a versatile actress! She was nad has always been one of my favorite contemporary actresses, and watching My Cousin Vinny again after all these years was a nice trip down memory lane!

Beatles "Let It Be" on Videodisc

The Beatles Let It Be Videodisc

As I've recounted earlier in this blog. the main reason I got a RCA Videodisc Player back in th early 80's was because it was the sole format that carried The Who's incredible Rockumentary "The Kids Are Alright", but it wasn't the ONLY Rock N Roll Movie that RCA somehow got the rights to- they also were the only folks who were able to release The Beatles' fifth and last movie LET IT BE!

  As you may have guessed, the first time I saw the movie, I was both intrigued by the inner workings of the recoding sessions, and quite taken aback by how much the Beatles had disintegrated as a 4-part working unit, and it made me uncomfortable to watch them fighting with each other, right there on the screen :( 

Luckily, the "Rooftop Concert" at the end of the movie saved it, though brief, those five kick-ass songs lifted me out of that funk and made me watch that movie again and again! Don"t Bring Me Down, One After 909, I've Got A Feeling, etc...what incredible performances!!!

 "Let It Be" is the ONE movie that still hasn't been released officially on DVD or Bluray, in fact, I don't think they even released it back on VHS back in the day. While I'm not too keen to revisit the squabbling,  I WOULD love to see those live performances  on my bigscreen TV!!! Still waiting....