By Holly
Manly men. Damaged women. Good script, excellently executed. Tragic flaws galore. Beautiful black & white with tons of wacky day-for-night shooting.
I like Deborah Kerr a million times more than Joan Crawford, who desperately wanted the part of Karen. I think Crawford would've been better. Kerr is good, but working hard to do stuff Crawford could do in her sleep. Watch Kerr "smoke". It's like she's never put a cigarette between her lips before. She and Burt Lancaster do have good chemistry, though, and BOY goes he have MAN MANLY MACHO MANLYNESS!
[SPOILER]
At least two people die who absolutely didn't need to die. It wasn't the Japanese that got 'em, it was their own stupidity.
No comments:
Post a Comment