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Media Watch: How Late Do You Have To Be Before You're Absent? by George Clinton & the P-Funk All Stars. Gave it a first hearing, and watched Jamaica Inn at the same time. The movie WAS sub-par considering the capabilities of Charles Laughton, Alfred Hitchcock, Robert (Long John Silver) Newton, and Maureen O'Hara.
Strangely enough, it looked to me like the problem was excessive RESTRAINT, which I never expected from either Laughton or Newton. So many scenes called for broad clowning and scenery-chewing, but efforts to keep it low-key just smothered what could have been a rolicking thriller. I was startled to see the last-billed Newton as a (somewhat) romantic HERO, with almost as much screen time as O'Hara or Laughton.
The latter two went to Hollywood for Hunchback of Notre Dame after this flick. I kinda like Lon Chaney's unrestrained gothic version of that very strange tale, but I've never been fond of Laughton's sexually creepy film, or even Dumas' book for that matter.
Oh, speaking of P-Funk, I can't really evaluate an album until I've heard it several times. George's Website (Flash Required)
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