Thief (1981) Part 12

Now that Leo has supposedly put Frank in his place, Frank has to make other arrangements...starting with getting Jessie and their child outta town, fast. Then Frank goes on a tear, destroying his ENTIRE legit life in every way imaginable. Next stop: Leo's home...

It's ironic that the climax of the film is a home invasion...which was basically the title of the book this film was based on, although somewhere along the line, they decided to take the crime angle into a different direction. Just as well, this movie couldn't be better!

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[Rottenclam]

Thanks for posting this (and also providing your commentary), 20CenturyFilmDocs. This is one of my all-time favorite movies, and I saw it in the theater when I was a kid.

I watch it about once or twice a year, and I just stumbled across your series here on YouTube, and it is making my night. Again, I just wanted to say thanks.

[20thcenturyfilmdocs]

@Rottenclam Sure thing, I aims to plez!

[Varangian1915]

I cannot believe this movie did not win an Oscar. Richard Prosky should have won best supporting actor at the very least, for the way he mastered going from good cuddly guy to savage beast in a matter of minutes.

[lmilostr]

@Rottenclam The local bars use to let you in w/no ID. I was 19...

[lmilostr]

@Rottenclam I bought a gold neckless which turned green on my neck at Maxwell street. I use to love the Polish too. I never hung at Rogers Park but I work in the area. I use to buy booze at any Arab owned liquor store, they never cared. Great stuff, now everything is so bland, closed early or just not there. The kids that hang out are usually punks affiliated w/a gang. Maybe we should write a book. " life in Chicago, the 80's"

[Rottenclam]

Not to keep lay it on too thick or anything, but I just want to give props to 20thcenturyfilmdocs AGAIN for putting Thief on here. I watched it again the other night.

A quick aside, this version is / was a version that has more footage than the theatrical release. There was a laserdisc that came out in the early 90s that includes the scene where Frank gives the fisherman a danish, and they look out on the sunrise together. The DVDs all use the 'restored' version that the laserdisc used.

[Rottenclam]

@lmilostr - I believe it was near Skokie Blvd and Old Orchard. When Elwood runs the light, there is a funeral home in the foreground. It was the same block a a Fannie Mae chocolates, and there is a Bakers Square near there too (though, back then it was "Pop 'n Fresh" pies.

Awesome story about skitching down Western. We did our fair share of that kind of fun stuff when we headed into the city (checking out Maxwell street, buying booze at Castle Liquors in the Rogers Park area, etc).

[lmilostr]

@Rottenclam Where on Skokie Blvd? I know that street, can you give me a cross street? That 80's lens was interesting, we still have all those potholes. We have cleaner streets, nicer parks, and nicer homes generally on the NW side. Some things never change. For me we are lacking character in this city, the good kind. Skitching down a side street, my buddy grabbed a bumper on the CTA bus and skitched down Western, insane. I guess we need to change too, we are getting older and thats that

[lmilostr]

@Rottenclam I use to hang out at the lake front after midnight too with the guys or a girl friend. Now, the gates are down "gates were installed in the late 90s". All this happened because of the gang bangers who ruined it for everyone. Some progress is needed I guess. Too bad, these teens today have no more fun like we use to, I sound old now..

[Rottenclam]

@lmilostr Yeah, I was just watching Blues Brothers with my parents (home for the holidays and all that), and that light that Elwood runs ('the light was yellow, officer') was right along Skokie Blvd, near where I grew up. Looking at the city of Chicago through that 1980-lens really does bring home what you're talking about; namely that Chicago has become a bit of a featureless city that has started to outgrow its own history. Oh well, I guess progress comes in many different forms. :(

[lmilostr]

@Rottenclam The blues brothers is the best. I was on that huge slide in the lake " Wauconda IL / Bangs lake". THe beach's on that lake are all private and the slide is still there, on land on someones property. Now Wauconda is all corporate and private. No more fun for us common folks, you have to own now.

[lmilostr]

@Rottenclam When I learned how to drive my friends and I use to cruise around downtown. We discovered lower Wacker. This is before the fences were installed. The place was a homeless town in the winter, I mean there were boxes and people living there all winter. Amazing memories when the city had character, now everything corporate and dry. Those dealers along western were cool, I use to visit them and dream about owning the cars. Its mostly condos now.