Still have to read Lorre bio.
― Zings of Oblivion (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 18 January 2015 03:07 (nine years ago) link
I guess I meant the war/spy thrillers. isn't scarlet street 1945... i think of it was post-war.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Sunday, 18 January 2015 03:31 (nine years ago) link
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yeah, scarlet street nearly as good as la chienne. la chienne has two big points in its favor: michel simon, and the ending.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Sunday, 18 January 2015 03:32 (nine years ago) link
Is there anything Michel Simon isn't great in?
― Zings of Oblivion (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 18 January 2015 03:47 (nine years ago) link
possibly, but i haven't seen it
apparently he was a really malevolent (and, naturally, extremely eccentric) dude
― I dunno. (amateurist), Sunday, 18 January 2015 06:22 (nine years ago) link
Mmm ... Scarlet Street > La Chienne
If only for that last minute.
― Vulvacura (Eric H.), Sunday, 18 January 2015 06:25 (nine years ago) link
Anyone have any defence of The Blue Gardenia? I found it to be an OK time-waster, but really nothing more.
― That shit right there is precedented. (cryptosicko), Saturday, 7 February 2015 17:19 (nine years ago) link
I'm reading descriptions and trying to figure out if I saw it a couple of years ago or not. I'm about 80% sure I did--if so, the uncertainty indicates I had the same reaction.
― clemenza, Saturday, 7 February 2015 17:23 (nine years ago) link
Is that the one with creepy Raymond Burr? If so I liked it only for creepy Burr.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Saturday, 7 February 2015 19:33 (nine years ago) link
i don't think i've ever seen that one. moonfleet still my favorite american lang.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Saturday, 7 February 2015 21:04 (nine years ago) link
Angry Raymond Burr, Nat King Cole singing, some nice noir details. Isn't there a big set piece scene of the crime with broken glass or mirrors or nightmare logic or something? Only saw it the once, but seemed to be worth seeing again.
― Beats By Doré (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 8 February 2015 21:53 (nine years ago) link
Raymond Burr's character here similar to the one Rear Window?
― Beats By Doré (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 8 February 2015 21:54 (nine years ago) link
What's the general consensus on Fury? I found a few tasty Lang touches, but mostly this was exactly the kind of strident, heavy-handed "issue" movie that I generally hate. And that dissolve from the old women gossiping to a shot of the hens? Tacky!
― The New Gay Sadness (cryptosicko), Monday, 27 April 2015 03:34 (nine years ago) link
I have the opposite response: powerful, marred by Expressionist imagery and pace. Tracy's best performance too.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 27 April 2015 10:58 (nine years ago) link
i.e. a good and sometimes great film with blemishes
yeah crypto, c'mon
plus a good hen party gives me a laff
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 28 April 2015 00:15 (nine years ago) link
Ambivalent on Fury. Scarlet Street otoh is amazing.
― Eric H., Tuesday, 28 April 2015 12:16 (nine years ago) link
The Woman in the Window too.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 28 April 2015 12:53 (nine years ago) link
Eric, have you seen the Renoir version?
Fury could be my fave US Lang.
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 28 April 2015 16:15 (nine years ago) link
I have. I think Lang's version is the better one.
― Eric H., Tuesday, 28 April 2015 16:25 (nine years ago) link
All of this is convincing me that perhaps I need to take a second look at Fury one day down the road, mainly because right now I'm finding the idea of anyone thinking it > The Big Heat mind boggling.
― The New Gay Sadness (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 28 April 2015 20:25 (nine years ago) link
also a great early Tracy performance, to stack next to Me and My Gal.
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 28 April 2015 20:31 (nine years ago) link
that you found Fury an apt occasion to being up "Oscarbait" on Letterboxd boggled me!
Also if you're going to call it a "social issue" movie, you might as well call M one too. Lang usually gets at something existential in addition.
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 28 April 2015 20:33 (nine years ago) link
what's the line? "I could smell myself BURNING."
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 28 April 2015 20:34 (nine years ago) link
L'ecran challoptique
― The Stan-Reckoner (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 28 April 2015 21:18 (nine years ago) link
Wow, Metropolis is batshit... There's a Lang retro next month. Doing some writing on Pynchon's use of Lang and such. It's all very very insane and strange.
― Frederik B, Monday, 21 September 2015 23:29 (eight years ago) link
Saw The Woman in the Window for the first time in ages; so good. People still fight over the "cop out" ending, but it works better than it should. Edward G Robinson, Joan Bennett, Dan Duryea *almost* as good as they are the following year in Scarlet Street.
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Monday, 23 July 2018 01:58 (five years ago) link
Saw a Metropolis screening on Friday night at the BlueDot Festival with Factory Floor's new score accompanying. V good.
― Minister of the Pillow (fionnland), Monday, 23 July 2018 09:39 (five years ago) link
Saw The Woman in the Window for the first time in ages; so good. People still fight over the "cop out" ending, but it works better than it should.
I just watched it for the first time and there's definitely some great stuff here (the scenes between Bennett and Duryea especially) but I actually think the ending works *less* than it should--not only do they go there, they go full on Wizard of Oz with it too!
― Police, Academy (cryptosicko), Thursday, 26 July 2018 18:04 (five years ago) link
It's better than Scarlet Street.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 27 July 2018 00:02 (five years ago) link
i watched Metropolis earlier this year it was incredible
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 27 July 2018 00:20 (five years ago) link
What do you make of the ending?
― Police, Academy (cryptosicko), Friday, 27 July 2018 02:21 (five years ago) link
The rhythm of the film is akin to a dream anyway, so it don't bother me; besides, it seemed less fatuous in the 1940s.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 27 July 2018 02:29 (five years ago) link
On zing so can’t easily search, wondering if this thread mentions his interesting appearance in Contempt
― 3-Way Tie (For James Last) (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 27 July 2018 02:38 (five years ago) link
Just seen the Destiny/Der Mude Tod. Lil Dagover looking very fine and Death looks quite striking too (as he should) but not quite the sets/compositions I was hoping for.
Extras show screens of a really incredible candle scene from another film apparently inspired by Destiny. Cant remember the name, perhaps a Mexican film.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 8 March 2019 22:04 (five years ago) link
Fritz Lang on the comic strip. pic.twitter.com/z9V2Q1zzZt— SHADOWPLAY (@dcairns) June 28, 2020
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 30 June 2020 22:20 (three years ago) link
Heard Hans Magnus Enzensberger talk about that once.
― Two Spocks Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 30 June 2020 22:31 (three years ago) link
very cool
― budo jeru, Tuesday, 30 June 2020 22:41 (three years ago) link
I watched THE TESTAMENT OF DR MABUSE (1933).
I love Inspector Lohmannm, and admire the style of love interest Lilli (though I'm not sure she's terribly well acted).
― the pinefox, Wednesday, 23 September 2020 14:16 (three years ago) link
* LOHMANN - as they say in the film.
FURY (1936) feels like a US allegory of Nazi demagoguery and mob rule - which would clearly make sense with Lang at the time - though I'm not sure whether that was the idea. Powerful film!
Curious that Sylvia Sidney isn't better known.
― the pinefox, Wednesday, 11 November 2020 12:09 (three years ago) link
She peaked in that era -- have you see Sabotage and You Only Live Once? Then she turned to the stage.
― Patriotic Goiter (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 11 November 2020 13:20 (three years ago) link
I love that the trial evidence in "Fury" is footage from the movie itself.
― wasdnous (abanana), Wednesday, 11 November 2020 13:34 (three years ago) link
I'm planning to watch YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE!
Interesting about ms Sidney, and I've been informed today that her last film was MARS ATTACKS! She was also, remarkably, briefly married to the publisher who got Ulysses unbanned.
Yes I enjoyed that footage and especially how it was freeze-framed!
― the pinefox, Wednesday, 11 November 2020 14:23 (three years ago) link
She was also, remarkably, briefly married to the publisher who got Ulysses unbanned.
― kiss some penis reference (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 11 November 2020 19:37 (three years ago) link
LOOOL
― An Andalusian Do-rag (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 11 November 2020 19:39 (three years ago) link
A fave bit of trivia: Sylvia Sidney played Mother Carlson in the WKRP pilot, but declined to do the series because she thought it was stupid.
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 11 November 2020 21:15 (three years ago) link
Oscar-nominated for the sleepy Joanne Woodward soaper Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams and was of course in Beetlejuice.
― Patriotic Goiter (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 11 November 2020 21:18 (three years ago) link
Yeah, was gonna say that performance is like supporting actressexual manna (well both, actually, but mostly meant the one she was actually nominated for).
― On average, this critic grades 8.3 points lower than other critics (Eric H.), Wednesday, 11 November 2020 21:19 (three years ago) link
Xp Joyce had issues with his bookmarks too
― Four Seasons Total Manscaping (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 12 November 2020 02:01 (three years ago) link