tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50729036669454163.post2417491542901233885..comments2024-02-24T19:35:48.123-08:00Comments on Lost in the Frame: He Walked by NightKasey Mohammadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13353259413006470925noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50729036669454163.post-76164460313704900752007-10-02T14:50:00.000-07:002007-10-02T14:50:00.000-07:00I've given up on "noir" as a fixed category, but e...I've given up on "noir" as a fixed category, but even so, I think this one pretty clearly counts: you've got the gritty scenes of violent urban crime; you've got tough-talking cops; you've got the amoral central character and his claustrophobic, panicked perspective at the climax; and most of all, you've got Alton's evocative camera work with all its high contrast and chiaroscuro and venetian blinds and such.<BR/><BR/>I think it's a memorable film for that last reason alone, but also for Basehart's performance, and for the way the film develops the pseudo-documentary police procedural format that Anthony Mann used in T-Men, Border Incident. I read at IMDb that Mann was an assistant director or something on it--I never realized before how integral his involvement was to the procedural genre.Kasey Mohammadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13353259413006470925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50729036669454163.post-63191473270617209002007-10-02T14:14:00.000-07:002007-10-02T14:14:00.000-07:00I have this on DVD, and I recommend tracking down ...I have this on DVD, and I recommend tracking down a good copy for the visuals. Otherwise though, I find the film rather uninteresting and forgetteable.Philosophe_rougehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05072660009491911512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50729036669454163.post-53945108773330872432007-10-02T01:03:00.000-07:002007-10-02T01:03:00.000-07:00I thought this was such a strange movie, I really ...I thought this was such a strange movie, I really didn't know what to think of it, couldn't even decide whether I agreed with its inclusion in a "noir" box I own. What do you think, does is qualify just for that sewer chase?Hedwighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17910606263248113264noreply@blogger.com