Pros: Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas, Story, Atmosphere, Cinematography, Direction, Score Cons: More people should watch these classic films!
Out of the Past (1947) Kathie: Oh, Jeff, I don't want to die! Jeff: Neither do I, baby, but if I have to I'm going to be the one who dies last. From the novel, Build My Gallows High, by ...
Pros: Complex writing, radiant cinematography, acting, music. Director Jacques Tourneur brings it all together wonderfully well. Cons: A bit of business with a fishing pole is far-fetched, but not too far.
It ends with a lie that might lead to a bright tomorrow. But before that, Out of the Past (1947) is memorably dark. Shadows bathe Robert Mitchum's face as the ex-private investigator he plays with star-making assurance tries to figure out the ...
Pros: twists and turns; Douglas, Mitchum. Cons: Mitchum's character just keeps walking deeper and deeper into a trap
Out of the Past was the second DVD I watched from the Warner Bros. film-noir box set, and is very much like the first one I watched, The Set-Up, in that it, too, is a short and direct B-picture. But I think I liked this film better. Two big stars ...
Pros: The best Film Noir ever made... Probably Cons: The bland guy gets the girl...
Out of the Past, directed by genre-master Jacques Tourneur, was released in 1947 and was Robert Mitchum’s first film since being released from prison after his notorious ‘pot bust’ (that was mirrored in a scene in Curtis Hansen’s LA Confidential). ...
Pros: cinematography, cast, direction Cons: the characters' actions don't add up
One of the favorite debates among some film scholars is what exactly defines 'film noir'. Does "Casablanca" qualify? How about "The Third Man"? With "Out of the Past", there is no doubt. It has 'film noir' written all...
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