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NOT SO SURE ABOUT THIS ONE!!!

posted 13 years ago by BG43214
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First off, a minor point; if this was Douglas' first movie, why didn't they use the 'introducing Kirk Douglas" at the beginning? or was it not really his first movie?

But I digress.......I started watching this and soon realized that it was getting to be just too much......like watching two movies in one!! and both stories just meandered along......very leisurely paced, to say the least.....not that I object to that, just wasn't expecting it with it being a 'film noir' type of movie.......sad to say, it got to be a little tiresome; will Scott get a break? and so on and so forth.......

oh well, I'm probably in the minority in this; I did KIND of like it, and am glad that I saw it, but sure wouldn't want to see it again!!!

I got a kick out of how well-matched in looks the 'kids' at the beginning were to their adult characters, all except for Hickman, who no way in hell could possibly grow up to look like Van Heflin!! A minor point, I know, but true....the kid who played the Douglas character was closest of all!!

So all in all it was an OK movie, but certainly nothing to rave about........!!!

[–] ilpohirvonen 13 years ago

I beg to differ. I think this is a very film-noir type of movie. First of all, all the icons of the visual world are there: rain, wet and moist surfaces, narrow alleys etc. Also, in film-noir two, or even more, stories are always being interlaced. But it is a matter of opinion whether you like it or not. I really liked it. A dive into the capitalist society but it also offers an intriguing picture of a psychopath -- which clearly draws a wider social picture. I wonder whether this inspired Fassbinder's Martha (1974), anyone knows anything about that? It also portays a trapped individual who is coerced into marriage.

[–] liscarkat (18600) 4 years ago

An "Introducing" credit was never a requirement, and was not always used.

None of the three youth actors bore much resemblance to their adult replacements.

[–] Callahan7 (1168) a year ago

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