March 27, 2020 – The Fugitive Kind (1960) The Criterion Chanel
This Gothic drama is the kind of intense, dated movie that I both love and hate at the same time. It was directed by Sidney Lumet from a Tennessee Williams play and starred Marlon Brando, Joanne Woodward, Anna Magnani, and many others acting their hearts out. There is more acting per square inch in this movie than in a hundred movies at your nearby multiplex. I found the movie fascinating for a while – the performances are so over-the-top as to be transfixing – but I eventually grew tired of the movie and abandoned it halfway through.
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