Another entry in this year’s new series:
Movie of the Week: Despite being a modest success, Danny Devito’s theatrical directorial debut, THROW MOMMA FROM THE TRAIN, wasn’t really appreciated by audiences or critics in its original release, but the 1987 comedy thriller is really ripe for re-evaluation. It’s a riff on Hitchcock’s STRANGERS ON A TRAIN that has inspired witty writing (by sitcom scribe Stu Silver), great cinematography (Barry Sonnenfeld, back when he was shooting Coen brothers classics), and Devito’s most touching character ever, Owen, as seen here in the above clip (my favorite scene) showing his coin collection off to Billy Crystal’s tortured novelist protagonist, Larry.
More later…
