{"id":32607,"date":"2013-10-02T12:11:04","date_gmt":"2013-10-02T19:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=32607"},"modified":"2020-11-29T12:37:50","modified_gmt":"2020-11-29T19:37:50","slug":"paper-chase-the-1973","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=32607","title":{"rendered":"Paper Chase, The (1973)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I need a way of living that I can rationalize!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Poster-222x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-32608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Poster-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Poster-94x128.jpg 94w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Poster.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAn ambitious law student (Timothy Bottoms) dates the daughter (Lindsay Wagner) of his professor (John Houseman) while joining forces with a handful of his classmates to prepare for final exams.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>James Bridges Films<\/li>\n<li>Lawyers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nJames Bridges&#8217; adaptation of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Paper_Chase_(novel)\">John Jay Osborn, Jr.&#8217;s novel<\/a> about a first-year Harvard law student struggling to survive and thrive is perhaps best remembered as the showcase for John Houseman&#8217;s Oscar-winning performance as Professor Kingsfield &#8212; a larger-than-life instructor who is simultaneously revered and feared by his students. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Houseman.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Houseman-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-55689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Houseman-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Houseman-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Houseman-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Houseman-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Houseman-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Houseman-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Houseman.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Indeed, in its depiction of Bottoms&#8217; relentless quest to earn Houseman&#8217;s respect &#8212; and its overall presentation of the rigors of law school, complete with plenty of heady dialogue and ruthlessly competitive interactions &#8212;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Study-Sessions.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Study-Sessions-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-55681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Study-Sessions-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Study-Sessions-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Study-Sessions-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Study-Sessions-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Study-Sessions-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Study-Sessions-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Study-Sessions.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>The Paper Chase<\/em> fully succeeds, and we remain enthusiastically engaged; as Vincent Canby points out in his review for <em>The New York Times<\/em>, it&#8217;s refreshing to see a movie that &#8220;acknowledge[s] the existence of a mind&#8221;. Unfortunately, however, this focus is interrupted time and again by a poorly developed romantic subplot, one which ultimately feels both contrived and unsatisfying. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Cinematography5-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Cinematography5-2-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-55684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Cinematography5-2-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Cinematography5-2-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Cinematography5-2-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Cinematography5-2-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Cinematography5-2-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Cinematography5-2-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Cinematography5-2.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wagner&#8217;s character, while potentially fascinating, is insufficiently developed to earn our interest; instead, she functions merely as a distraction for Bottoms &#8212; someone who happens to conveniently possess an insider&#8217;s perspective on the man Bottoms is single-mindedly obsessed with. Meanwhile, Bottoms&#8217; character eventually becomes so callously self-absorbed that we stop rooting for him &#8212; a dangerous outcome for a film predicated on whether or not our dauntless protagonist will succeed in his quest. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Bottoms.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Bottoms-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-55683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Bottoms-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Bottoms-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Bottoms-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Bottoms-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Bottoms-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Bottoms-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Bottoms.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>John Houseman as Professor Kingsfield<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Houseman2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Houseman2-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-32610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Houseman2-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Houseman2-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Houseman2-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Houseman2.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gordon Willis&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Cinematography2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Cinematography2-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-32611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Cinematography2-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Cinematography2-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Cinematography2-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Cinematography2.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Cinematography4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Cinematography4-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-32613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Cinematography4-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Cinematography4-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Cinematography4-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Cinematography4.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>A fascinating glimpse at the rigors of law school<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Law-School.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Law-School-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-32615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Law-School-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Law-School-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Law-School-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Paper-Chase-Law-School.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s certainly worth a one-time look for Houseman&#8217;s performance. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0070509\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1973\/10\/17\/archives\/screen-paper-chaseadaptation-of-osborn-novel-is-at-columbia-i-the.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmovie.com\/movie\/the-paper-chase-v37196\/review\">All Movie Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/london\/film\/the-paper-chase\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I need a way of living that I can rationalize!&#8221; Synopsis: An ambitious law student (Timothy Bottoms) dates the daughter (Lindsay Wagner) of his professor (John Houseman) while joining forces with a handful of his classmates to prepare for final exams. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: James Bridges Films Lawyers Review: James Bridges&#8217; adaptation of John Jay Osborn, Jr.&#8217;s novel about a first-year Harvard law student struggling to survive and thrive is perhaps best remembered as the showcase for John&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=32607\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.9 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"&quot;I need a way of living that I can rationalize!&quot; Synopsis: An ambitious law student (Timothy Bottoms) dates the daughter (Lindsay Wagner) of his professor (John Houseman) while joining forces with a handful of his classmates to prepare for final exams. 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