Thursday, August 08, 2019
Laura
- Commentary: This is the movie for which I bought the four-pack mentioned in the immediately previous post. I love this movie. I love the ambience and the mystery. I love that Laura isn't seen until the end of the movie. I love that the mystery woman doesn't know she's a mystery woman. I love the lanky, devil-may-care attitude of the man for whom Laura has become a mystery. Of course, they do make them "like this, anymore", but, whenever I watch and fall in love with an "old" move like this, I am ever grateful for DVD (et al) technology.
P. S.: With this movie, I am initiating the category "detective". Not sure why I never thought of categorizing by that, before. I'm sure I must have movies that would fit nicely into that category. I only thought of it because this movie, however mysterious it may be, has a somewhat gentler presentation than a standard "thriller" or "suspense", but is something more than a "mystery". The story of the effort to "detect" Laura is the whole story.
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Gene Tierney Laura Hunt Dana Andrews Mark McPherson Clifton Webb Waldo Lydecker Vincent Price Shelby Carpenter Judith Anderson Ann Treadwell Dorothy Adams Bessie Clary Ralph Dunn Fred Callahan Clyde Fillmore Ad Agency Owner
One of Roger Ebert's Great Movies.
In case you're curious, here's a link to the Wikipedia article about this movie.
Release Date: 1944
Directed by Otto Preminger.
Labels: detective1, drama3, film-noir1, melodramaA, mystery1, romance1
