In Brief, 29 Jan |
Liliom 1934, FRITZ LANG — Has its moments, more in the demented carnival segments than the fantasy afterlife bits. In fact the film deteriorates steadily from a high starting point, becoming ever soppier, sillier, and with flatter and flatter gags — and finally I loathed the ending.
I Know Where I’m Going! 1945, POWELL & PRESSBURGER — Gorgeous but unaffecting romance — disappointed myself; I was expecting a personal P&P favorite here — didn’t help that the main character entirely rubbed me the wrong way, though she is an original and Hiller’s fantastic.
Rio Bravo 1959, HOWARD HAWKS — This is just the sort of western I don’t like, but after an hour with it I began to give in & found its characters quite compelling. It’s fantastic for a genre western, actually, and as far as I like guy movies I like Hawks’ guy movies. Dean Martin is shockingly very good!
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