Sunday, March 2, 2008

A good night's viewing

I watched Monte Hellman's Two-Lane Blacktop. I think there might have been a tracking shot in there somewhere, but I'm not betting on it. Great, great film. Almost unique. I also watched Gun Crazy. I'm always struck when watching late 1940s noir how far ahead of their time the films were. Gun Crazy has a lot of the benefits of being made in the studio system, but with the free-spiritedness needed for a small budget. You see why it was a favorite of New Wave types.

3 comments:

scot said...

Was that your first viewing of Gun Crazy? I love that film.

I always find it funny when I go into NYC and snoop around different memorabilia shops in the village that I see posters for Gun Crazy, but under it's original name, Deadly is the Female.

K. Bowen said...

Scot,
It was my first time, and I loved it. From what I've read around today, Gun Crazy is actually the original title. They allegedly thought it was attracting the wrong sort of viewer and re-titled it Deadly is the Female. But that's just what I've been reading. It could be wrong. I'd love to snoop aroudn the shops. That sounds like fun.

Anonymous said...

I missed this last year and I'm sad for it.