Sunday, October 23, 2005

trapeze

camera work by robert krasker, directed by carol reed, worked together on the third man

starring burt lancaster, gina lollobrigida, tony curtis, and a beautiful circus

pure red-in-the-tooth melodrama, but i gaped at the magnificent camera work

exemplary story-telling and the dialogue is 110% distilled emotional blackmail

if you love beauty, and circuses, and beginners-level mind-games, it really is great fun !
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1 comment:

  1. soap5:43 pm

    Red in the tooth? I don't know this expression.

    (I don't know the film either, but I'll see if I can change that.)

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