In A Lonely Place (Ray, 1950): Prince Charles Cinema, 5.45pm
In
a Lonely Place is one of the best films about life in Hollywood and one
of Nicholas Ray's finest movies. Highly recommended. This 35mm screening is
part of a film noir season at the Prince Charles Cinema (you can find all the details here).
"I lived a few weeks while you loved me . . ."
Chicago Reader review:
'With
his weary romanticism, Humphrey Bogart was made for Nicholas Ray, and
together they produced two taut thrillers (the other was Knock
on Any Door). In this one (1950, 94 min.), Bogart is an artistically
depleted Hollywood screenwriter whose charm is inextricable from his
deep emotional distress. He falls for a golden girl across the way,
Gloria Grahame, who in turn helps him face a murder charge. Grahame and
Ray were married, but they separated during the shooting, and the screen
breakup of the Bogart-Grahame romance consciously incorporates elements
of Ray's personality (he even used the site of his first Hollywood
apartment as Bogart's home in the film). The film's subject is the
attractiveness of instability, and Ray's self-examination is both
narcissistic and sharply critical, in fascinating combination. It's a
breathtaking work, and a key citation in the case for confession as
suitable material for art'
Dave Kehr
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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