John Landis on SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS

Filmmaker John Landis sniffs the SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS

Clifford Odets and Ernest Lehman's corrosive look at Power in America as typified by an unscrupulous and possibly insane Broadway columnist modeled on Ed Sullivan and Walter Winchell. Brilliantly directed by the underrated Alexander Mackendrick. A must-see.

Find out more about SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS at the IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051036/

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ABOUT JOHN LANDIS:

JOHN LANDIS was the director of Animal House, The Blues Brothers, An American Werewolf In London, Trading Places, Coming To America, Kentucky Fried Movie, Spies Like Us, _Three Amigos!, Into The Night and Michael Jackson's Thriller among many other films and television shows.

His documentary Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project premiered on HBO and won an Emmy for Best Music, Comedy or Variety Special and he's slated to direct Burke and Hare for Ealing Studios this spring in Edinburgh and London. He is also the subject of noted film critic Giulia D'Agnolo Vallan's latest book "John Landis".

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[whereismikeyfl]

How much did Landis get paid for this? "Publicity guy?" Even if he was not going to watch the film again, he might at least have prepared for his talk.

[ohworldgirl]

@ohworldgirl And Rest in Peace Tony Curtis...

(I've owned this DVD for years, never appreciated as much. Seeing it again after some years - Landis is absolutely right - this film is one of the great American films. The composition, the flow,the dialogue, the cinematography.... top notch...)

[ohworldgirl]

The first time I saw this film; Burt Lancaster was so creepy and gross that I'd was turned off to seeing any of his other roles for a very long time.

Just saw this film today again for the first time in years...and Landis was just spot on with my thoughts. There's just some seething lines of dialogue - "We're all kids here". I don't think I've seen a film just capture even the SMELL of NYC like this one. The city really breathes the rotten apple through the screen -u'll need a shower. Brilliant