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JohnnyBoy — 2 months ago(January 29, 2026 01:41 AM)
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WarrenPeace — 2 months ago(January 29, 2026 02:13 AM)
Where you mention unions, corruption, mysterious disappearances and death, that reminds me of the excellent yet underrated movie called Blue Collar.
I didn't see it on your list.
It stars Richard Pryor, Harvey Kittel, and Yaphet Kotto.
Blue collar auto workers who find union corruption and try to figure out what to do with it while suffering for it.
Check it out and let's talk about it.
Trivia: The three stars of the movie actually hated each other so much that they got into major fights when the cameras weren't rolling yet they played good friends.
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JohnnyBoy — 2 months ago(January 29, 2026 04:43 AM)
Nice, thank you for the recommendation. Will check it out.
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ToastedCheese — 2 months ago(January 29, 2026 02:58 AM)
Excellent film and one of the best of the year from 1979.
The film was titled
Norma Rae
, so it was a character study and focus on Norma. It didn’t really matter about the politics of the union, only that the workers were being exploited and a union was going to lay down certain rights to protect them from despotic management regime. Norma wanted a union and a rep was available to assist this.
She fought the establishment within her own means and it gave rise to a voice for her fellow factory workers. Plus Norma was a very likeable character, as was Reuben. They had a fine chemistry and Ron Leibman was just as impressive as Field. He saw into Norma’s soul, as she saw into his.
That all said, I still prefer Bette Midler’s performance in the
The Rose
from the same year.
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JohnnyBoy — 2 months ago(January 29, 2026 04:47 AM)
That's true. Just one correction; you said, "Norma wanted a union and a rep was available to assist this." Actually, it's the other way around. She wasn't aware of "unions," and it was Reuben who taught her, hence the enlightenment.
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JohnnyBoy — 2 months ago(January 30, 2026 12:16 AM)
Yes, I have. Here you go:
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ToastedCheese — 2 months ago(January 31, 2026 04:11 AM)
I have seen Silkwood many times. I used to prefer Norma Rae, but I find Silkwood a little more developed and layered in presentation.
It was a slow bore for me when I first viewed in the mid 80’s. Now, I prefer its observant and languished pace. Streep gives one her best performances. She was more real and believable here than many of her other roles.
Streep didn’t try to intellectualise Karen. She was trying to learn as best she could and while not the sharpest tack in the box, she just wanted to do what was right - personal nicotine habit and all…
Cher was perfect as Dolly. She loved Karen so much, just as Drew did. This is a key aspect of the emotional anchor of the film and contained the soul of Mike Nichols careful and nuanced direction.
Nichols also coaxed another of my favourite Streep performances a few years later, in the under-appreciated Heartburn.
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JohnnyBoy — 2 months ago(February 01, 2026 02:45 AM)
I don't mind seeing Silkwood again and will give another review. What about Erin Brockovich? These three are very similar to me. Thanks for the recommendation: Heartburn.
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ToastedCheese — 2 months ago(February 02, 2026 01:20 AM)
I’m not a fan of EB. It’s ok! Doesn’t stir me like NR or Silkwood.
Heartburn was ostensibly seen as being about nothing, or viewers asking what is it really about?
Like Nichol’s Silkwood, it is observational. This time of a relationship that peaked and then started to fall apart. I find it a well adjusted dramedy. A take on writer Nora Ephron’s own marriage, split up, reuniting and eventual relationship disintegration to Watergate journalist Carl Bernstein.
Streep has me on her side the whole way. I witness a real, natural and beguiling Streep here. Her performance is full of believable character epiphanies and subtle moments. She also has terrific chemistry with Nicholson. His character is made out to be an ass. He plays this ass beautifully.
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JohnnyBoy — 2 months ago(February 02, 2026 01:38 AM)
Okay, will check it out and have the review ready. Thanks again.
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JohnnyBoy — 2 months ago(January 30, 2026 12:15 AM)
Yep, it's an old movie.
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