The Night of the Hunter

Johnson 2022-03-24 09:01:51

The vast majority of women in the film are portrayed as too young too naive idiots. John's mother, grandmother, and sister are all obedient to men and have no opinion. John's sister even exits the screen at the end of the film and becomes a "hidden". people". On the contrary, all men are full of...

Ceasar 2021-12-08 08:01:39

Note: First on Woodk Forum.

"The Night of the Hunter" (1955), the only independent film directed by Charles Laughton, is a black classic that will not fade.

I just revisited "The Maltese Falcon" (1941) two days ago. I saw information that the status of "Horse" as the pioneering work of film noir...

Van 2022-03-25 09:01:08

Robert Mitchum's performance is very strong...starts well...although the ending feels mediocre...

Nikolas 2021-12-08 08:01:39

Revisit the charm. In terms of limited viewing volume, this film and "Euro Express" are the two films with the best silhouette effects in film photography I have ever seen. I found out that the latter is also deeply influenced by the film. The same duality as Love&Hate is man & woman, mediocrity & prophet: misogynistic mood runs through the film, and it does everything to vent its malice towards women; what is more hopeless than evil is stupidity, mediocre conservativeness, Cowardice, loyalty, and irritability constitute the low pressure trough under the background of the times. It’s worth noting that the slightly abrupt close-ups and sound effects of cars, trains, and ships in the film are linked to the reason why Charles Lawton really entered the main line of narrative-the children’s father took the risk to relieve the family’s worries, leaving a legacy, criticized The core of this is naturally the survival dilemma of people in the Great Depression of capitalism. But from a personal point of view, the application of biblical stories in the film reveals the desperate mood of "people cannot be inspired by God and influenced by religion", which is hard to understand.