Picnic (1956)

“Even in 1955, I find it hard to believe that this was wild, transgressive, erotically charged cinema. Not in a decade that gave us Nicholas Ray’s su”

“ While this did have the pacing and feel of a Broadway production, I got a kick out of the various performances. I'm also doing a full star for the picnic sequence, mostly because the director allowed the events to unfold at a leisurely pace. The three-legged race, the pie-eating contest, the barbershop Quartet, and so many other sequences allowed me to linger in that world, which was appreciated. One of the grandest moments of that sequence was the introduction of the "picnic queen," played by Kim Novak's character, as she drifted down the river in a swan boat as the townspeople let out a chant led by the town elders. Truly something to behold. ” read more

William Holden - Movies I've Viewed (31 person items)

" Cliff Robertson and ... Kim Novak and ..."

Arthur O'Connell - Partial Filmography (9 person items)

" ... and Rosalind Russell"

Betty Field - Movies I've Viewed (13 person items)

" Kim Novak and Betty Field"

Top Ten Performances - Rosalind Russell (12 movies items)

" as Rosemary "

Other Composers - My Soundtrack Collection 3 (43 music items)

"Composed by George Duning"

my half assed 2018 movie diary (40 movies items)

" This is one of those movies that was daring in its time, but comes off as sappy and overblown now. It's another one of those 1950s "whiny drifter comes into small town and fucks shit up" little whirlwinds. ex: The Chase, The Wild One, The Long Hot Summer, A Face in the Crowd, Rebel Without a Cause, The Fugitive Kind, etc etc etc William Holden looks a way bit past his prime though he was like 37 in this rip... He's supposed to be smoulderingly sexual or some shit and have all the chicks in"

Picnic Scenes - Movies (26 movies items)

" Betty Field, Verna Felton, Kim Novak, William Holden, Rosalind Russell, Arthur O'Connell and Susan Strasberg"