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Originally Posted by ravenus 5.'They're Creeping Up On You' is the last and best story of the lot. About a Howard Hawks inspired reclusive billionaire tyrant Upson Pratt (Fantastically portrayed by E.G. Marshall) who lives in a germ-proof apartment, shouting orders over the phone to his subordinates who he treats like dirt. Some marvellous black humor here, for example Pratt cheerily greeting the wife of the man he drove to shoot himself, saying "I heard your husband went out with a bang."
Pratt's germ-proof fortress comes undone when he begins to notice roaches scampering across the place. The small trickle gradually increases and the final scenes showing the massive assault of roaches on Pratt's apartment and his person is not a sight for the squeamish. |
Um, ravenus...I think you mean Howard Hughes, not Howard Hawks. But it's a good oops, since Howard Hawks helped invent the "screwball comedy" which, as World Book Online tells us, "ridiculed the eccentric or silly behavior of wealthy characters." Since Howard Hughes most certainly qualified as an eccentric, wealthy person, it's an appropriate juxtaposition to have made.
By the way, there is a film coming out fairly soon about Howard Hughes's early life, called "The Aviator", directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio as Hughes.
Sorry if this derails the thread.
Then again, as much of a non-fan of DiCaprio as I am, "The Aviator could turn out to be a horror film, at least for me.
