Val Lewton: Man in the Shadows *
Kent Jones, 2007
US
@ Walter Reade Theater
During his post-screening Q&A, Jones made the point that most stuff like this you see on television (his project was financed by Turner Classic Movies) is pretty hackneyed, unrevealing stuff, but he (like narrator Martin Scorsese) was interested in making a film rather than just an hour-plus of biographical TV. He seemed to capture the mood of Lewton's films, get into why they were made the way they were made, and focus on his life as it informed what made it onto the screen rather than just lurid detail for detail's sake.
See also: Film Society of Lincoln Center page | Variety review
Kent Jones, 2007
US
@ Walter Reade Theater
During his post-screening Q&A, Jones made the point that most stuff like this you see on television (his project was financed by Turner Classic Movies) is pretty hackneyed, unrevealing stuff, but he (like narrator Martin Scorsese) was interested in making a film rather than just an hour-plus of biographical TV. He seemed to capture the mood of Lewton's films, get into why they were made the way they were made, and focus on his life as it informed what made it onto the screen rather than just lurid detail for detail's sake.
See also: Film Society of Lincoln Center page | Variety review
Labels: 1 Star, 2007, Kent Jones, US, Val Lewton
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