What’s Aged the Best?
Sports craft, images, music, style, Newman, and continuation-sequel design
In the discussion (5)
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- The pool matches work as clear sports scenes with visible winners and losers
- The art-of-luck line, three-character composition, Vince shirt, score, soundtrack, and numerous pool-table shots are praised
- Richard Price’s writing career is praised
- The film’s 1980s clothes, Newman’s mustache, Cadillac, and screen presence still look stylish
- The sequel subtly turns Eddie into the older mentor he once resisted without remaking The Hustler