ben-73164 I first saw this movie on Netflix and watched it non-stop until they took it off. Then I bought this movie and put it on my Macbook. I have no clue how many times I have watched it. I know it is over 50 times. You can ask me any question about any scene and I can tell you every word spoken and answer any question about any scene. If I play the movie and walk away , I don't even need to see what scene is playing. I can see it in my head very vividly and i know exactly what that scene looks like. I say I love this movie is a gross understatement. But if you ask my why I love it this much, I do not know how to answer. I often wonder why I love this movie as much as I do. There is something inside of me that this movie triggers beyond belief. I wish I knew what it was.

theoneandonlyjimmypage When gloomy blooms of what will be becomes an overwhelming, lonely , very lonely cloud... now; all gathered by its decorative string parts the meaning bless of each task becomes a mortal wound and its place a garden and its fountain... tears, memories, had story.Each event.Each well rehearsal. Each script.Each explanation, opportunity, crisis,tomorrow... Each either unacceptable fear or obstacles struck... So this is how this movie feels!

godzgud holds up very well. The cast is excellent. Look for a young Robert Blake as one of Alva's admirers, of which there are many. Mary Badham shows how natural and good a child actress she truly was and that her performance in Mockingbird was not just a flash in the pan. I wish she had done more. Charles Bronson is fine as Hazel's boyfriend who is in lust with Wood's character. I think the plot is fine, not sure why so much criticism. It develops the characters and moves along just fine. Robert Redford is solid in his role. He struggles with his job and morality. That is never easy. But Natalie Wood is outstanding. Not only her screen presence is mesmerizing, but her interpretation of her role is a revelation. She is no innocent, yet she is innocent and she portrays that very well. She has never been more beautiful and to me she rivaled Elizabeth Taylor in looks. She was not nominated for an Academy Award that year, but I believe she she deserved it.

wes-connors Walking precipitously on a Mississippi railroad track in a tattered Edith Head gown, carrying a banged-up doll and a rotten banana, teenage "To Kill a Mockingbird" girl Mary Badham (as Willie) meets young "Lassie" owner Jon Provost (as Tom) in a southern accent looking for his lost kite. This is the film's great, poetic framing sequence - the part based on Tennessee Williams. With only a limited number of Mr. Williams' stories ready to become hit films, it's only natural to turn to his smaller one-act plays for material. So, instead of Ms. Badham telling her sister's story, we see it...Carrying pink slips for a small town's depression weary railroad workers, handsome blond Robert Redford (as Owen Legate) arrives in Dodson, Mississippi. He meets storyteller Badham's entrancing elder sister Natalie Wood (as Alva Starr), the belle of the local boardinghouse, after renting her absent father's room. Apparently leased out for indeterminate sex by wicked mother Kate Reid (as Hazel), Ms. Wood fends off amorous advances from fellow child star Robert Blake (as Sidney) and future action hero Charles Bronson (as J.J.). Wood makes herself known to Mr. Redford and they are mutually admired...This film understandably got lost in the wake of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" (1966), which immediately set a new standard for this sort of high-strung drama. In hindsight, "This Property Is Condemned" can be appreciated. Sometimes Wood is too jumpy and Redford too judgmental, but the cast is engagingly eclectic. The performance of young Badham is the heart of the story, and we only waver when she is off screen for a long period of time. Badham deservedly won a "Film Daily" best juvenile award for her work; she is stunning. Relatively new director Sydney Pollack is obviously going places.Observe how Mr. Pollack, veteran cinematographer James Wong Howe and the crew artfully coordinate costumes and sets. This is a rare instance where the depression era setting is made colorful without losing drabness. Oscar-nominated for "Seconds" in 1966, Mr. Howe was also worthy of a "Color Photography" citation. The unnoticed Livingston / Evans song "Wish Me a Rainbow" hit several music charts, peaking at #2 in an "easy listening" version by the Gunter Kallmann Chorus. These strengths, especially Badham and Howe, are enough to compensate for a bastardization of Tennessee Williams.********* This Property Is Condemned (6/15/66) Sydney Pollack ~ Natalie Wood, Robert Redford, Mary Badham, Kate Reid