'Objects In Space'
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and one film noir is even shot as if the camera were the eyes of the main character (memfaulting on the title, based on a Westlake novel IIRC)
Chandler - it was THE LADY IN THE LAKE, and directed by Robert (I think) Montogmery, who also starred (at least when the character looked in anything where there was a reflection).
Heh, inevitable x-post due to delay.
one film noir is even shot as if the camera were the eyes of the main character (memfaulting on the title)
Also the first half of Dark Passage, before the main character has plastic surgery and ends up looking like Humphrey Bogart. Which is a good thing, because the main character was played by Bogart.
Also the first half of Dark Passage, before the main character has plastic surgery and ends up looking like Humphrey Bogart. Which is a good thing, because the main character was played by Bogart.
That one actually worked better than LitL, probably because they only kept the style up for a portion of the movie. A movie I just picked up, coincidentally, in a BOGIE & BACALL boxed set (it also has TO HAVE & HAVE NOT, THE BIG SLEEP [both versions] and KEY LARGO).
That one actually worked better than LitL
It's also hard to go wrong when you have Bogie, Bacall, and Agnes Moorhead.
well, this kinda fits in with the current discussion; there's a new film version of "the Scottish play" aka Macbeth about to come out. It's by Geoffrey Wright, the bloke who made Romper Stomper with Russell Crowe, and sets the story in modern Melbourne, where it incorporates the "underworld war" that's plagued the city for the last few years. No idea how good it will be but reports indicate it has a "noirish" feel to it, so might be worth a look.
It's also hard to go wrong when you have Bogie, Bacall, and Agnes Moorhead.
This is true.
If there's ever been a movie that wasn't good just from having Bogie & Bacall in it, I'm blissfully unaware.
And I have a strange fangirl love for Agnes Moorehead.
And I have a strange fangirl love for Agnes Moorehead.
Pssst! AmyLiz is hot for Endora!
That happens in Sondheim's "Into the Woods."
Dang, Dana beat me to it.
Yup. It happens. Narrator gets killed. It's awesome.