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This is one of THE BEST examples of film noir ever made.I picked up the budget issue of Stanley Kubrick's second film on DVD, and on the second viewing it just get's better!
Sterling Hayden along with alot of what could be termed B-Movie Stars...Elisha Cooke Jr...."The Maltese Falcon" among others,Jay C. Flippen..."The Wild One" among others, Timothy Carey, Marie Windsor, Vince Edwards...Tv's "Ben Casey", Joe Sawyer..."Petrified Forest", Sarge from "Rin Tin Tin" and others... You've all seen these actors before...only you wouldn't know them without seeing their faces! The whole drama, taut with smart dialog.
It just goes to show the great divide that exists between those directors who started the industry, those brought up on Film, those brought up on Tv...there is just no comparison between today's director's and those who made and were brought up on Film. Occasionaly a good one slips through...like a Wes Anderson...but on the whole we are getting the shaft these days from these Tv generation directors and actors.
Everybody wants to be a star...nobody wants or is what they used to call a character actor. 99% of them get their bones in Tv sitcoms or soaps...which requires the acting effort of peeling a potato...and suddenly they get a movie deal!
It's like everyone is so disposable these days....and those Tv personalities you don't see for a while...veterans from successful Tv sitcoms/dramas...just go to some large holding area, from which another 99.9% dont escape. They just disappear, and suddenly reappear doing infomercials. No wonder there is so much garbage out there these days !
It seemed like in the not so older days, every character actor was working, doing something or other and having careers as long and sometimes longer than the Stars did!
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Not a bad film, but trully exactly what it is supposed to be - an early work of a great director. Overal I though it was one of those comfortable but forgettable experiences.However, we would be living in one happy world if most films made tuday did measure up to some of those "comfortable but forgettable" ones of the past.
It's called damning with faint praise.Not surprised on your take. We don't agree on much. I'd be interested to hear your amps some time. I wonder if I would find them as forgettable as you find this flic. Not going out of my way to find out though.
Glad to see your post. I'm a noir fan myself and yes, this is a great movie. There were some trashy noirs, not this one. I just recently caught the "Asphalt Jungle". Excellent film, perhaps not up to the above.The Petrified Forest, was that noir? Of course, the Maltese was. We had a discussion of noir somewhere down in this forum. Some fine movies recommended, many of which I've been unable to find. What is a good source for these oldies?
Regarding your rant, I feel the stories or screenplays are largely trash today. Dialog, forget it. General Devolution, we salute thee!
Right now, I'm reading Raymond Chandler's early work. Finally hit paydirt with "Red Wind". Of course, I've read a few of his famous novels. Just trying to get into more of his oevre. Then there is Traven to reread. A new writer I just discovered in Harper's appears promising. Adam Johnson, he's got a book of short stories coming out at the end of this month. Not noir exactly, but I liked his story "Teen Sniper" a lot.
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Forgot this one.How about "The Big Heat" by Fritz Lang?
I just picked this one up on DVD too. Great performances by Glenn Ford, Lee Marvin and Gloria Grahame.
Especially Lee Marvin as the unpredictable lacky of the Crime Boss, Alexander Scourby. I love the scalding coffee scene with Grahame.
Another terrifying film to me was "Prime Cut" directed by Michael Ritchie, again with Marvin, with Gene Hackman as the Crime Boss named Mary Ann. An extremely chilling film!
Between this and a similar role in "Point Blank" and "The Killers" by Don Siegel, with Ronald Reagan as the gang boss, Lee Marvin had the characterization "down" by this time.
Never saw Big Heat or Prime Cut. But I'd like to. Where did you get the DVD's?I liked what I've seen of Marvin. Great villain.
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I'd love to check it out, if I could only find a source for these old flics. Thanks.
Loved "The Bride Wore Black" !
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