TCM is doing their 'evening under the stars,' or whatever they call it in August, when they devote 18 or so hours of a day to one artist.
We would suggest next year they do a day around Barbra Streisand and we suggest the following:
1) UP THE SANDBOX
2) FUNNY GIRL
3) FUNNY LADY
4) WHAT'S UP DOC?
5) ALL NIGHT LONG
6) YENTL
7) FOR PETE'S SAKE
8) THE WAY WE WERE
9) THE PRINCE OF TIDES
10) THE MIRROR HAS TWO FACES
11) ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER
FUNNY LADY? Honestly, we can't get through it but it's the sequel to FUNNY GIRL and it's not as well known.
Neither is ALL NIGHT LONG which teams her with Gene Hackman (and Dennis Quaid, Diane Ladd and Kevin Dobson). It's a comic gem and one that deserves to be better known.
FUNNY GIRL? Barbra won the Academy Award for it. THE WAY WE WERE? She was nominated for an Academy Award for it.
YENTL, THE MIRROR HAS TWO FACES and THE PRINCE OF TIDES? Three films starring Barbra that were also directed by Barbra. If TCM really wants to support directors, they need to program women directors. Barbra won a Golden Globe for Best Director for YENTL.
ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER? Of the big budget films early in Barbra's career, it's her second best musical (FUNNY GIRL being the best). The worst? HELLO DOLLY -- a boring film with boring characters. ON A CLEAR DAY moves along and Barbra's appealing in the dual roles of Melinda and Daisy.
