Daisy Kenyon **
Otto Preminger, 1947
US
@ Film Forum
They used the "Subterranean Homesick Blues" video from Don't Look Back as a trailer beforehand. I'd never realized that Allan Ginsberg is standing a few yards back at the far left of the frame talking to someone facing away from the camera.
Henry Fonda has his moments here, but the character lives too much inside his own head for Fonda to really do much with the role. Dana Andrews, on the other hand, is deliciously^ condescending, especially towards the women.
Best moment: Andrews' despicable lawyer is lashing out at his wife for eavesdropping on a phone call to his mistress. His younger daughter creeps into the room silently before he throttles the poor woman and yells, "I never thought you were worth killing before, but now I realize I was wrong!" or something completely over-the-top like that.
See also: TCMdb
^ "Delicious" in that how can you truly root for the woman in the melodrama without a truly loathsome man opposite?
Otto Preminger, 1947
US
@ Film Forum
They used the "Subterranean Homesick Blues" video from Don't Look Back as a trailer beforehand. I'd never realized that Allan Ginsberg is standing a few yards back at the far left of the frame talking to someone facing away from the camera.
Henry Fonda has his moments here, but the character lives too much inside his own head for Fonda to really do much with the role. Dana Andrews, on the other hand, is deliciously^ condescending, especially towards the women.
Best moment: Andrews' despicable lawyer is lashing out at his wife for eavesdropping on a phone call to his mistress. His younger daughter creeps into the room silently before he throttles the poor woman and yells, "I never thought you were worth killing before, but now I realize I was wrong!" or something completely over-the-top like that.
See also: TCMdb
^ "Delicious" in that how can you truly root for the woman in the melodrama without a truly loathsome man opposite?
Labels: 1940s, 2 Stars, Otto Preminger, US
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