Friday, January 17, 2014

2 Val Lewton Classics

Here are some stills from the two movies we are going to watch during the next class session.  Both are from producer Val Lewton: ""The Leopard Man" (dir. Jacques Tourner) and "The Seventh Victim" (dir. Mark Robeson).  As you can see they are films filled with anxiety, dread, isolation and darkness; all elements of Film Noir.








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5 comments:

  1. AJ O'ConnellJanuary 17, 2014 at 4:27 PM

    As expected I'm enjoying this class. It is far removed from the International Cinema course in that this one is so focused on a specific time frame and genre. After a few minutes of watching Double Indemnity, it was easy for me to forget that they're in black and white; a testament to the cinematography.

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 23, 2014 at 1:26 PM

    These two films were very interesting. "The Seventh Victim" had an ending I did not expect. I really thought the sister was going to live. Also, I did not expect the sister's husband falling so quickly in love with the other sister!

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  3. AJ O'ConnellFebruary 1, 2014 at 8:47 AM

    " The KIller Inside Me" had a disturbing feeling at its core. This movie should be linked with the definition of Psychopath. Lou felt nothing, even when he stopped to apologize to both women, he continued his brutality. He completely distanced himself from what he had done and felt no remorse. In the end you can see that he even enjoyed the little game he played. Is this related to Noir because its a remake? Or is it because of the "Everyone dies" attitude of Noir?

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 2, 2014 at 4:23 PM

    I was very surprised watching "The Killer Inside Me". It was a very dark disturbing movie. I was shocked they showed Lou when he was beating Jessica Alba. The sounds of the bones and her skull when he hit her was hard to take. Same when he killed Kate Hudson. He was a sick man. He was too clean and nice that you knew something was wrong with him deep inside. I am surprised it took the a while to pin him. He did get it in the end.

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  5. AnonymousFebruary 5, 2014 at 11:49 AM

    Lou from "The Killer Inside Me," is the definition of a sociopath because of his antisocial tendencies. I thought Casey Affleck played this role perfectly!

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