Night Moves (1975)
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I don't know how to feel. It had a slow burn and a powerful ending. Nothing like what I expected from this one. This movie is complex and a crazy character study. I think it's one of my favourite performances from Gene Hackman and characters SO FAR. I haven't seen all of his work yet. This movie is really interesting; it is also interesting to see this after "The Conversation". Both are grounded performances, subtle but powerful. There is a lot of subtext and a lot of everything that I haven't figured out yet. And I am ok with that—chill hangout reaction.
Let me know your thoughts on this one!
xx
ames
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Also, thanks for watching cool movies.
Stacy Provenzano Eccleston
2025-09-30 22:33:01 +0000 UTCHe was headed for the Yucatan in the end, Im guessing. After all the references of just keep going past the keys. I think I needed more clarification with the daughter though. I know it was the most I m, for the money. Also, the thing they were smuggling and building wasnt built on. Its so good but if it was a longer it maybe could have gone deeper into all the things that were going on.
Stacy Provenzano Eccleston
2025-09-30 22:32:09 +0000 UTCLink to Night Moves on the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/usa-penn-arthur-1975-night-moves ** MAJOR SPOILERS BELOW!! **
JM63
2025-04-06 18:37:07 +0000 UTCI watched this film twice. The first time I enjoyed it, but I was a bit confused. But the second time I really felt that it was a masterpiece. I highly recommend this film as a great companion piece to The Conversation. Neither The Conversation nor Night Moves made the AFI 100 list (both times), but both films did make Roger Ebert's Great Movies list (which has a bit under 400 films, including international ones). So Night Moves has gotten lots of critical recognition, even though it was long overdue. Great choice by Ames for Hackman week!
JM63
2025-04-06 18:26:21 +0000 UTCWould also love to go hang in The Keys for a while.
AJ
2025-04-05 12:47:48 +0000 UTCI liked it. A good neo-noir thriller. Hackman played the complex (and interesting) character so well. The end being ambiguous kind of fit, I guess. I suspected Paula starting early in the movie, but I was apparently wrong. Instead, it was Tom and the guy in the cast. Seems like Delly never really had a chance. I agreed with your comment: “Yeah, there is a fucking law, you gross bastard.” The first movie I’ve seen with Melanie Griffin that young. I typically see resemblances between Melanie Griffin and Dakota Johnson, but not as much this movie. Delly at 16 is 4 years older than I was in 1975. As a kid, I remember feeling positive about the future in the 1970s. Then, as a young adult, the 1980s seemed depressive. I hit my stride in my 30s in the 1990s. The “new” decade. I wouldn’t mind spending some time in The Keys. I always liked “Salvador” (1986) with James Woods, but been a while. Mississippi Burning (1988) is not the perfect movie, but was one of my favorites – watched many times.
Clay F
2025-04-05 08:17:28 +0000 UTC
