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Terrific!! Film noir at its best!!

posted 15 years ago by jackboot
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I just finished viewing this (on a mongrel DVD, purchased online, which was a decent print - it's out there, folks, go an get it!), and I am blown away!!

Fantastic film!

I couldn't help but have a wry chuckle to myself when Joan Caulfield's Matilda first returns and Hurd Hatfield's Oliver makes her stand in front of her portrait and remarks that she hasn't changed - the painting had changed! Poor Hurd! Couldn't shake that Dorian Gray!

Wonderful camera work in this. The women were fantastic, especially Audrey Totter, although Constance Bennett was her near-equal.

[–] Gheelnory 13 years ago

"Wonderful camera work in this."

.....Agreed. This must be one of the most unpretentiously-gorgeous movies ever filmed in black and white. (By 'unpretentious' I mean that the cinematography doesn't really call attention to itself--but every set-up is interesting and evocative.)