tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017832040275963428.post5387154521719001832..comments2023-10-28T11:09:18.671+05:30Comments on Cinemascope: Act of Violence [1948]Shubhajithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02040495040897333606noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017832040275963428.post-74603967052237858582012-10-15T23:08:49.929+05:302012-10-15T23:08:49.929+05:30Hey, I'm scanning through your archive and dip...Hey, I'm scanning through your archive and dipping into reviews I haven't seen yet on films that interest me.<br /><br />The History of Violence comparison is quite interesting, particularly since I really didn't like the Cronenberg film but thought this was great.<br /><br />One reason I think is the HoV exists in some weird alternate historical reality, dividing time between a rather water-down parody of the suburbs and some kind of 20s gangster universe. (That's just a small part of what didn't work for me, and it's a technique that COULD work in other circumstances but it's relevant here.)<br /><br />Act of Violence, while existing to a certain extent in Hollywood's dark never-never land of the urban noir (fascinating how, like HoV, it plays with the city-small town dichotomy, and uses geography as psychology), it roots its dread and uncertainty in the recent war. Ironically, it's this film, not the one with "History" in the title, that seems more like a history and less like an act.Joel Bockohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238338958380683893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017832040275963428.post-1447340532721537152011-09-18T17:27:27.679+05:302011-09-18T17:27:27.679+05:30A grossly overlooked movie.
Robert Ryan was an e...A grossly overlooked movie. <br /><br />Robert Ryan was an equally overlooked actor, and it was very rare to see him playing the hero. <br /><br />I found a pristine copy at a film fair yesterday after many years, and was extremely pleased.<br /><br />Along with the magnificent "The Set<br />Up", this was Ryan at his finest.<br /><br />A excellent review of a forgotten noir classic.Rob Jnoreply@blogger.com