"This Property is Condemned", a 1966 film, gets it's name from the state of the train depot that Redford's character has been sent to close down in a small Mississippi town. Wood plays the town sexpot who has a distant and uncaring mother, but who dreams of going places and seeing things. She and Redford end up in New Orleans, but right after she married a cad after a night of drinking, and only to get back at her mother. When exposed, in her and redford's apartmment, she runs away in the rain, And we find out, her little sister telling a young boy, that she died of a lung infection. Then her little sister, dressed in her old clothes, is walking down the tracks as the film ends, dreaming of more beautiful places.
It was fun seeing New orleans scenes from a different generation, one I knew from experience during that same time, visiting New orleans during my college days. This was Wood's 40th film, and she wasn't even 30 yet. It was only Redford's 4th or 5th, and 3 years before he became a big star in "Butch Cassidy...". Both of them turned in fine perfromances and, although this is not quite a "classic", it still is a good film, holds your attention, not a wasted shot, after all these years.
It was fun seeing New orleans scenes from a different generation, one I knew from experience during that same time, visiting New orleans during my college days. This was Wood's 40th film, and she wasn't even 30 yet. It was only Redford's 4th or 5th, and 3 years before he became a big star in "Butch Cassidy...". Both of them turned in fine perfromances and, although this is not quite a "classic", it still is a good film, holds your attention, not a wasted shot, after all these years.