Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Film There is more than one Sandy in the cinema
Posted by Gabe Wardell on Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 7:41 AM
So many Sandy references in the media, so little imagination.
If we have to see one more clip of John Travolta's Danny Zuko wailing Sandy at the drive-in (though Jimmy Fallon's take warrants a hat tip) we're going to drive into the angry surf off the Jersey shore:
The best cinematic Sandy?
Woody Allen's Sandy Bates from Stardust Memories, a whirling dervish of a director filled with neuroses, self-loathing, ego, imagination, and genius. An on-screen manifestation of Woody Allen himself, or a clever twist of his carefully constructed alter-ego? You decide.
Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 3 introduced Sandman, a destructive force of nature, a supernatural menace, and the coolest-looking cinematic villain since T:2's liquid metal guy:
Sandy, the MacGuffin who takes a family by storm in Greg Mottola's The Daytrippers , may or may not be a barracuda trying to steal Hope Davis' husband.
Perpetual sidekick Art Garfunkel plays mild-mannered Sandy to shark Jack Nicholson's Jonathan in Mike Nichols' underrated, and outdated, Carnal Knowledge.
And speaking of trusty sidekicks, who can forget L'il Orphan Annie's canine companion?
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