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Monthly Archives: September 2018
“Angel Face”–an Up-to-Date Femme Fatale
CAUTION: Contains “spoilers.” “Angel Face” appeared in the waning days of the noir cycle. Star Robert Mitchum was already disentangling himself from the spider-webs of noir and it was co-star Jean Simmons’ farewell to her hated contract at Howard Hughes’ … Continue reading
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Visconti Meets Cain
CAUTION: Contains “spoilers.” Luchino Visconti’s unauthorized version of James M. Cain’s famed novella “The Postman Always Rings Twice” was an odd film to come out of 1943 Fascist Italy. So odd, in fact, that Fascist Italy banned it, leaving it … Continue reading
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What the hell??
CAUTION: Contains “spoilers.” “Let the Corpses Tan” is a new film based on a early novel co-authored by Jean-Patrick Manchette. Since the novel has not yet been translated into English I can’t comment on how well the film represented the … Continue reading
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