Carlos Hugo Christensen originally conceived of a single anthology film consisting of three adaptations of Cornell Woolrich short stories. After the initial cut came in at over two hours, the Dutch-Argentinian filmmaker was forced to recut the footage he shot, resulting in two separate feature films: Never Open That Door, which comprised two of the adaptations, and If I Should Die Before I Wake, which was an extended cut of the third.
Adapted from 1950’s “Somebody on the Phone,” which Woolrich published under the pseudonym of William Irish, the first part of Never Open That Door is by far its most conventional, following the suave Raul (Ángel Magaña) as he struggles to help his sister, Luisa (Renée Dumas), out of a jam. The catch is that, however helpful Raul is, he can’t get the full story from Luisa about who is blackmailing her, so he’s left only with...
Adapted from 1950’s “Somebody on the Phone,” which Woolrich published under the pseudonym of William Irish, the first part of Never Open That Door is by far its most conventional, following the suave Raul (Ángel Magaña) as he struggles to help his sister, Luisa (Renée Dumas), out of a jam. The catch is that, however helpful Raul is, he can’t get the full story from Luisa about who is blackmailing her, so he’s left only with...
- 6/16/2024
- by Derek Smith
- Slant Magazine
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