I think this movie was ahead of it's time. This was the beginning of the 60's and 70's and the era of gritty, experimental films, like "Five Easy Pieces" and "The Graduate" that were introspective and explored human emotions and uncharted realms of the human condition.
Also, "The Godfather", "Chinatown", "Easy Rider", "American Graffiti", "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", "Bonnie and Clyde", "McCabe and Mrs Miller" and "Lilith" to name a few.
Granted, some of these are crime and gangster dramas, but still radical departures from the norm for their genres.
Movies that take chances and depart from standard formulas, even if they feature big stars, usually don't fare that well when first released. Sometimes, however, they have staying power. "The Misfits", of course, has become an enduring classic.
John Huston started out in the Hollywood studio system, survived all the changes and upheavals in the industry and flourished as a director well into the 1980's. He was definitely a visionary filmmaker and transcended every genre he worked in. You can see foreshadowing's of "The Misfits", (and Hollywood for the next three decades for that matter) in "Night of the Iguana", "Treasure of the Sierra Madre" and "The Asphalt Jungle" (featuring a young Marilyn Monroe). All these films explored human emotions and failings decades before this one, and all of them were about "Misfits".
We got a job.
What kind?
...The Forever Kind.
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