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Stripes (1981)
directed by Ivan Reitman
rating: 3 out of 5 cravats
on DVD from Netflix
Less the source of Stripes' dramatic tension than an excuse to somehow throw Warren Oates into the mix, Bill Murray's stint in the US military is a time capsule more than a movie - a nervous patchwork of episodic Second City/Caddyshack hijinks, itchy Egon Spengler cool, lots of random nudity, and a racist John Candy played for laughs. These days, girls don't show their breasts in movies, Army films aren't funny again, and Warren Oates is dead. Anyway, I was past due on this one, so here it is.
directed by Ivan Reitman
rating: 3 out of 5 cravats
on DVD from Netflix
Less the source of Stripes' dramatic tension than an excuse to somehow throw Warren Oates into the mix, Bill Murray's stint in the US military is a time capsule more than a movie - a nervous patchwork of episodic Second City/Caddyshack hijinks, itchy Egon Spengler cool, lots of random nudity, and a racist John Candy played for laughs. These days, girls don't show their breasts in movies, Army films aren't funny again, and Warren Oates is dead. Anyway, I was past due on this one, so here it is.
posted by NPK at 10:27 AM
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