New screenplay/film analysis over at Medium. This time, I break down ROCKY's unique approach to the American sports film.
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@colehaddon
Great essay - Quentin Tarantino had some interesting thoughts in his chapters on "Lords of Flatbush" & "Paradise Alley" in his Cinema Speculation. The two films sort of frame Rocky and that's largely how he looks at them. But this in your piece gets to the heart of the matter: "the titular character, Rocky Balboa, doesn’t even start training for his big fight with Apollo Creed until 71 minutes into the film." It's not a fight film or action movie, it really is about the characters.
@colehaddon I did - it's basically a paean to B movies, which opens with great parenting advice on showing age-inappropriate films to kids
@cyrilpedia I haven't had the chance to read CINEMA SPECULATION yet. Very much looking forward to it. I'm just swamped in new books and books I'm meant to read at the moment. Did you enjoy it?