SOUND OF FURY aka TRY AND GET ME! Zero relation with Faulkner
As a director, Cy Enflield cranked out such remarkable flicks as HELL DRIVERS and ZULU, which I have enjoyed tremendously. When I saw that he had directed THE SOUND OF FURY, I decided I had to find some way to watch, and at first I even made the mistake of relating this film to Nobel Literature Prize winner William Faulkner, who wrote a similarly entitled film.
Alas, I was wrong. This cinematic effort bears no relation to Faulkner's stream of consciousness opus. That said, cameraman Guy Roe posts highly effective cinematography and the screenplay by Enfield and Jo Pagano deserves praise for its first hour. Then, it goes into a highly theoretical stretch on the fallibility of the death penalty, and I found it tough to stay awake over the last 30 minutes +.
High quality acting from Lovejoy, Lloyd Bridges
OK entertainment, quite gripping at the start, as we see Frank Lovejoy (playing jobless Tyler) follow Murphy's principle: Just when you think things can't get any worse... they do! 7/10.
Alas, I was wrong. This cinematic effort bears no relation to Faulkner's stream of consciousness opus. That said, cameraman Guy Roe posts highly effective cinematography and the screenplay by Enfield and Jo Pagano deserves praise for its first hour. Then, it goes into a highly theoretical stretch on the fallibility of the death penalty, and I found it tough to stay awake over the last 30 minutes +.
High quality acting from Lovejoy, Lloyd Bridges
OK entertainment, quite gripping at the start, as we see Frank Lovejoy (playing jobless Tyler) follow Murphy's principle: Just when you think things can't get any worse... they do! 7/10.
- adrianovasconcelos
- 22 de ago. de 2024