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Pretty good movie adaption of the novel. B-58 Hustler goodness too.
 
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Pretty much representative of the zeitgeist at that time. Seemingly inevitable in one form or another as portrayed by information/entertainment then, very disturbing to me as a kid. I don't think I'm way off in saying it was at the heart of the nihilism that was the '60's.




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I just saw it again recently (on Amazon I think). I thought Walter Matthau was terrific.


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