Friday, March 14, 2008

Noir...and wrestling?

















I just watched the most fantastic Noir film. Seriously one of the best I've seen. From the inventive camera angles to the dark characters it is just fantastic.

It is called NIGHT AND THE CITY and is directed by Jules Dassin.

Here's the low down:

A cheap grifter named Harry Fabian wants to be big time and does not care how. Like a junkie, he uses and steals from his girlfriends and fellow grifters until he finally cons himself into a corner trying to squeeze into the popular wrestling scene (?) in London in 1950.

This is a seriously dark film as Harry spirals down he brings everyone with him and they all have a bit of a doomed fate just by knowing him. It also has one of the darkest, melancholy endings I've ever seen.

SEE THIS FILM!

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