lvovacampos
Joined Jun 2021
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Ladies and Gentlemen, really, I am sorry that I have to disappoint you again, but that would be better for you than being disappointed watching that boring, stiff, pointless film.
I am really surprised by Andre de Toth, who I really consider as one of the best. I don't know, maybe the 50s destroyed the magic of these films, but it certainly ruined this one.
The story is so boring, the actors are boring, the music - no where to be found, and just everything about it is so unengaging and going nowhere. There is no atmosphere, only horrible feel of 50s TV, which you just wait to be over.
I am really shocked by all those good reviews, and it was a big mistake to give this one a chance because of them. Never watch a Sterling Hayden film from the 50s, is what I say from now on... Run for your lives!
This is a classic example of how movies were dying in the 50s until they died finally in the 60s.
What a waste of time, that was.
Pick yourselves a little 40s B movie - anyone will be better than this stinker, which made not wanting to watch a film for a long time.
I am really surprised by Andre de Toth, who I really consider as one of the best. I don't know, maybe the 50s destroyed the magic of these films, but it certainly ruined this one.
The story is so boring, the actors are boring, the music - no where to be found, and just everything about it is so unengaging and going nowhere. There is no atmosphere, only horrible feel of 50s TV, which you just wait to be over.
I am really shocked by all those good reviews, and it was a big mistake to give this one a chance because of them. Never watch a Sterling Hayden film from the 50s, is what I say from now on... Run for your lives!
This is a classic example of how movies were dying in the 50s until they died finally in the 60s.
What a waste of time, that was.
Pick yourselves a little 40s B movie - anyone will be better than this stinker, which made not wanting to watch a film for a long time.
1929 and the early 30s is when real cinema started and peaked too.
This film shows exactly why. It is one exciting dark, sexy and bad trip, so don't ruin your experience by reading what it is about, just dive in it in the dark, and dip your toes in the cold water of fear.
All I can say is that you will be privileged just for having a chance to watch Miriam Hopkins, another example of a perfect actress, looking, acting, and behaving so sexy and hot. Man, what an a star... Our Armenian-Russian director, Mamoulian will also show you how a true professional makes a film, so you could just know, not wasting your time on the Kubricks of the world or those later directors.
Just an example of the true Hollywood: glamour + teeth.
This film shows exactly why. It is one exciting dark, sexy and bad trip, so don't ruin your experience by reading what it is about, just dive in it in the dark, and dip your toes in the cold water of fear.
All I can say is that you will be privileged just for having a chance to watch Miriam Hopkins, another example of a perfect actress, looking, acting, and behaving so sexy and hot. Man, what an a star... Our Armenian-Russian director, Mamoulian will also show you how a true professional makes a film, so you could just know, not wasting your time on the Kubricks of the world or those later directors.
Just an example of the true Hollywood: glamour + teeth.
Look guys, I always skip the parts that talk about the film itself, and just go over the main points: is it good or bad? And how good or bad?
So, I won't destroy your experience of watching this unbelievable film, by talking about it or the characters, other than the fact that they are, and the actors/actresses who play them, and anything about this film is so great that there is not a second of a dull moment in it, start to finish.
First of all, let's get things clear: there is no such thing as "film noir" - that term was invented by the French in the 60s to describe the tough dark thriller-dramas of the 40s, and although it's ok to use it as a short cut to refer to those films, as I do too, other than that, it is meaningless, and ascribes it rules and that they must abide by, as if they were a distinct genre, which limits those films and makes them obvious and cliches. No, not every "noir" needs to have a femme fatal, a hero that is bad or flawed or bad/sad ending, so please, enough with that mindset and pretentious analysis which ruins a film and make you become "disappointed".
Secondly, the complaints about "plot holes"... Well, I watched the film, and there aren't any. Only for people who forcingly look for them. Even if there were plot holes that couldn't have been explained and argued, it is meaningless, since a film is a dream, not a copy of life, only it has to look and feel real just as a dream is.
So, bottom line is: this dark trip of a film is perfect and a must!
So, I won't destroy your experience of watching this unbelievable film, by talking about it or the characters, other than the fact that they are, and the actors/actresses who play them, and anything about this film is so great that there is not a second of a dull moment in it, start to finish.
First of all, let's get things clear: there is no such thing as "film noir" - that term was invented by the French in the 60s to describe the tough dark thriller-dramas of the 40s, and although it's ok to use it as a short cut to refer to those films, as I do too, other than that, it is meaningless, and ascribes it rules and that they must abide by, as if they were a distinct genre, which limits those films and makes them obvious and cliches. No, not every "noir" needs to have a femme fatal, a hero that is bad or flawed or bad/sad ending, so please, enough with that mindset and pretentious analysis which ruins a film and make you become "disappointed".
Secondly, the complaints about "plot holes"... Well, I watched the film, and there aren't any. Only for people who forcingly look for them. Even if there were plot holes that couldn't have been explained and argued, it is meaningless, since a film is a dream, not a copy of life, only it has to look and feel real just as a dream is.
So, bottom line is: this dark trip of a film is perfect and a must!