So I read a top-notch Hemingway short story this evening, “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber.” Even with the big game hunting claptrap, it’s sharp nasty fun on the topic of gender politics. (“How should a woman act when she discovers her husband is a bloody coward? She’s damn cruel but they’re all cruel. They govern, of course, and to govern one has to be cruel sometimes. Still, I’ve seen enough of their damn terrorism.”) I’m deeply bummed to find out a 1947 film based on the story isn’t available in any form on video or DVD. The poster for The Macomber Affair says: “GREGORY PECK makes that Hemingway kind of love to JOAN BENNETT.” Gotta find this movie …
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