All the King’s Men

There's an interesting bit of behind the scenes information about Robert Rossen's All the King's Men, the adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Robert Penn Warren. After scripting, filming, and an initial cut, Rossen's movie was coming to 250 minutes in length. Harry Cohn, Columbia's studio head, was happy to release the film…

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The Hustler

I love the feeling of a well-adapted novel to film. Scenes have breathing room and the traditional three act structure of a movie gets abandoned for a greater focus on character rather than plot. Even though it's an original screenplay, it's one of the reasons I love Tarantino's The Hateful Eight, which, I think, has…