Golden Age of Hollywood Book Club discussion

This week ...with this blasted heat wave ...blighting my metropolis, I'm thinking of 'sweaty' movies..

'Cool Hand Luke'

'Nevada Smith'

'Alien'

'Rocky'

Others?

The Professionals.
Platoon

Doubledf99.99 wrote: "The Professionals.
Platoon"

In The Heat Of The Night.

Platoon? Way too recent

Yep, Poitier made lots of sweat. 'The Defiant Ones' as well.

'Report to the Commissioner'. Yaphet Kotto and Michael Moriarty, I love that flick.

It's a little harder to think of 'sweaty' movies in cold weather, but one certainly is 'Bridge on the River Kwai.' Who can forget when Nicholson and his officers are locked in those sweat boxes? Really, his men had the worse situation because they were packed in there while he was alone.

Many war movies, especially in the Pacific, reek of sweat.

Yes like 'Hell in the Pacific' mentioned recently in our war movies chat.

'Papillon' also mighty rank.

Last summer sucked. Worst humidity in years. I'll take 40 below zero rather than than idiotic New York humidity. I've been in desert climates which are more pleasant.

Apocalypse Now. Brando look especially sweaty. He also looked sweaty in Streetcar Named Desire.

I suspect that was to raise an awareness of the sex angle. :-)

Interesting that you mentioned Apocalypse Now. I went to a parade the year it came out, and right in the middle a string of helicopters came in flying low just as they did in the movie. You could almost see the mood in the crowd change from happy to nervous.

Were they playing Wagner????? Did you smell napalm? Yikes!!

I know it's pretty recent, Fury Road, had lot's of sweat.

Jill wrote: "Were they playing Wagner????? Did you smell napalm? Yikes!!"

They did play a bit of Wagner, but no napalm, thank goodness. It was eerie.