directed by: Otto Preminger
written by: Jay Dratler
starring: Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price, Judith Anderson
seen on 15th March, 2019
Damn, I didn't know that Vincent Price used to play tall thick manly yet wimpish Adonises when he was younger. And who would have thought he would be so gosh darn good at it. This was a very pleasant film, it was incredibly easy to listen to charismatic and accurate actors and go with them wherever they went without even realising how much film time has already passed.
The biggest plus for me is how grounded everybody was, nobody was overacting or trying to create "drama". This results in the film feeling really modern and timeless. I mean, look at Clifton Webb for example, the way his performance morphs ever so slightly, almost inconspicuously and internally into a masterpiece gorgeous to behold is simply stunnig, and that could be said about all five of the main actors, more or less. Judith Anderson, for example, appears only for a couple of scenes, but she manages to leave a great impression indeed.
I would have liked it, for me to be perfectly satisfied, for Mark McPherson to return to the apartment one minute too late, but that's almost a spoiled demand. But wouldn't that be something, huh.
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