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LAKEPORT, Calif. – The 1969 adventure film, “The Reivers,” starring Steve McQueen and Rupert Crosse, screens at the Soper Reese Theatre on Tuesday, June 25, at 1 and 6 p.m.
Entry to the film is by donation.
Lead character, Boon (Steve McQueen), is a reiver. That's a cheat, a liar, a brawler and a womanizer, and he had just four days to teach young Lucius the facts of life.
Set in early 1900s Mississippi, this well-acted adaptation of William Faulkner’s last novel brought Rupert Crosse an Oscar nomination for best supporting actor, and John Williams also received a nomination for best original score.
The movie is sponsored by Alex Valiansky. Rated PG. Run time is 1 hour and 47 minutes.
The Soper Reese Theatre is located at 275 S. Main St., Lakeport, 707-263-0577, www.soperreesetheatre.com.
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- Written by: Elizabeth Larson
When I was a nasty little kid I once made fun of a girl in my school because her father worked cutting up dead animals at a rendering plant.
My mother sat me down and said, "Ted, all work is honorable."
I've never forgotten that.
Here's a fine poem about the nobility of work by Sally Bliumis-Dunn, from her book “Echolocation,” published by Plume Editions, Asheville, NC.
The poet lives in Armonk, New York.
Work
I could tell they were father and son,
the air between them slack, as though
they hardly noticed one another.
The father sanded the gunwales,
the boy coiled the lines.
And I admired them there, each to his task
in the quiet of the long familiar.
The sawdust coated the father's arms
like dusk coats grass in a field.
The boy worked next on the oarlocks
polishing the brass until it gleamed,
as though he could harness the sun.
Who cares what they were thinking,
lucky in their lives
that the spin of the genetic wheel
slowed twice to a stop
and landed each of them here.
American Life in Poetry does not accept unsolicited manuscripts. It is made possible by The Poetry Foundation, publisher of Poetry magazine. It is also supported by the Department of English at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Poem copyright ©2017 by Sally Bliumis-Dunn, "Work," from Echolocation, (Plume Editions, 2017). Poem reprinted by permission of Sally Bliumis-Dunn and the publisher. Introduction copyright ©2019 by The Poetry Foundation. The introduction’s author, Ted Kooser, served as United States Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 2004-2006.
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- Written by: Ted Kooser
