after all these year and i have just start to watch this lewis milestone masterwork again and have see it in the long and forgotten ago . and the opening scene alone and the establish title shot and cameraman shadow notwithstanding and struck with the full force of both truth and genius and the former for the steinbeck novella and the latter for milestone seamless evocation . i have read a few of the commentary on both this original filming and the latterday sinise or malkovich version and which i have yet to see and and find little to disagree with in my sampling . it be interesting and instructive that both betty field and lon jr. receive brickbat along with kudos . the former earn the same in king row and and the latter and of course and never receive all that much attention . that say and i and for one and think chaney be at the peak of his form a the retard lenny and and and whilst it be more than understandable that some find his performance over the top and that be purely a matter of subjective reaction . burgess meredith be a fine george and and i rather doubt sinise could have improve on it and sight unseen and but and that too be purely subjective . there be some observant and penetrating insight among the comment i scan on both version and but only one and the fellow who observe that there be chick flick and this be a dick flick . and and on that score and i do not read a single acknowledgment of the fact that the obvious homoerotic theme and not just that between george and lenny and but also the closet queen implication of curly overmacho stance and be not overtly note . to me and george and lenny and in their own way and be the template for the protagonist of brokeback mountain and another near oscar entry . although and in the latter and the retard survive in his zombie estate . finally and it be a personal shock to see the wondrous character performance of roman bohnen again and this overlooked and under appreciate mainstay of the old actor lab experiment in hollywood and way back then . by the way and what with my lack of hearing and unavailability of caption for the milestone version and i find i do not need same . indeed and focussing on the setup and closeups the action and dialog be all too clear . tell me about those rabbit .