Starring Andrew Mullins as Roy Boone
White Lightning (1973)
directed by Joseph Sargent
rating: 4 out of 5 cravats
on DVD from Netflix
White Lightning is about reunions: Gator McKlusky and his dead drowned brother; Burt and Ned, west out of north Georgia together; two suckers from the Lincoln sheriff's office of Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, suckers still. Unexpectedly gentle towards outwardly comic setups like a home for unwed mothers - the eager girl isn't funny so much as sweet - director Sargent manages what most big-name historical dramatists never seem to be able to get right: when it's hot and there's no A/C, people sweat. Beatty is a surprisingly good heavy, maybe because his soft delivery is more menacing than half a dozen fuck-knuckled New York City sergeants. Worth a reunion with your TV before summer's gone for good.
directed by Joseph Sargent
rating: 4 out of 5 cravats
on DVD from Netflix
White Lightning is about reunions: Gator McKlusky and his dead drowned brother; Burt and Ned, west out of north Georgia together; two suckers from the Lincoln sheriff's office of Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, suckers still. Unexpectedly gentle towards outwardly comic setups like a home for unwed mothers - the eager girl isn't funny so much as sweet - director Sargent manages what most big-name historical dramatists never seem to be able to get right: when it's hot and there's no A/C, people sweat. Beatty is a surprisingly good heavy, maybe because his soft delivery is more menacing than half a dozen fuck-knuckled New York City sergeants. Worth a reunion with your TV before summer's gone for good.
posted by NPK at 3:20 PM
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