If you’re one of the many swell Movieline readers based in or around New York City, you’ve surely already marked down Feb. 27 as the night you’re joining us and the gang at 92YTribeca for our annual Oscar Viewing Party . But just in case you haven’t, I bring you news that will no doubt sweeten the deal. (Hint: Drinks!)
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One of the amusing running gags in Barry Levinson’s Diner is a character who wanders through the movie, constantly muttering lines from Sweet Smell of Success , newly available in a snazzy new Blu-Ray edition from The Criterion Collection. And with dialogue this good — courtesy of Clifford Odets and Ernest Lehman, based on Lehman’s story — who can blame the guy for wanting to recite these delicious lines over and over? “The cat’s in the bag, and the bag’s in the river,” “You’re dead, son; get yourself buried,” “Your mouth is as big as a basket, and twice as empty,” “In brief, from now on, the best of everything is good enough for me” — this is staccato word jazz of the most delicious variety.
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