metal-dad
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Ever since I discovered the films of Andrzej Wajda I have always kept an eye out for other Polish film makers. This film which tells a tragic story is shot in stunning black and white. This adds to the power of the film. It pulls no punches and provides no neat, tied up with a bow answers or happy endings. But isn't that what real life is like? Highly recommended.
How in hell have I never seen this film before or even been aware of it? How did I forget just how freaking hot Barbara Stanwyck was back in the day?Why can't Hollywood make movies this smart, funny, and good these days? Even though it's been displayed in other films like "Mr Deeds Goes to Town," how did Gary Cooper's comedic abilities surprise me in this one?
This is a very enjoyable film. It's got snappy, funny dialogue and while the premise requires suspension of belief it's not so far-fetched as to prevent enjoyment.
While there are film noir qualities it is more in line with the screwball comedies of the period. Big plus for featuring Gene Krupa and Roy Eldridge in the nightclub scene.
Highly recommended.
This is a very enjoyable film. It's got snappy, funny dialogue and while the premise requires suspension of belief it's not so far-fetched as to prevent enjoyment.
While there are film noir qualities it is more in line with the screwball comedies of the period. Big plus for featuring Gene Krupa and Roy Eldridge in the nightclub scene.
Highly recommended.
In my opinion Hollywood has a less than stellar track record when it comes to adapting the Cosmic Horror of H.P. Lovecraft. I think that the theme of human insignificance in the face of the incomprehensible and unknowable must be hard to portray in a visual medium like film. After all, contact with this terrible knowledge results in insanity or death.
That said, I think Richard Stanley did a credible job in bringing this story to the screen. He stayed pretty close to the source material with the exception of an additional character. Set and setting were updated to a more modern time without damaging the integrity of the story.
The visuals were well done giving an hallucinatory feel to the sense of dread and doom.Even the casting of Nick Cage was not fatal to the film as I had anticipated. He did well portraying a man losing his grip on his known reality in the face of an incomprehensible and terrifying one.
I very much enjoyed this film and really hope the talk of Stanley doing a trilogy with The Dunwich Horror possibly being the next one comes to pass.
That said, I think Richard Stanley did a credible job in bringing this story to the screen. He stayed pretty close to the source material with the exception of an additional character. Set and setting were updated to a more modern time without damaging the integrity of the story.
The visuals were well done giving an hallucinatory feel to the sense of dread and doom.Even the casting of Nick Cage was not fatal to the film as I had anticipated. He did well portraying a man losing his grip on his known reality in the face of an incomprehensible and terrifying one.
I very much enjoyed this film and really hope the talk of Stanley doing a trilogy with The Dunwich Horror possibly being the next one comes to pass.