non cade un attimo la tensione, la sceneggiatura è perfetta, gli attori e i personaggi giusti, (sembra) è un dramma epico, un piccolo capolavoro da recuperare - Ismaele
PS: ignoro cosa c'entri Dallas, nel titolo italiano
… Film
visionario, al contempo lucido e allucinato, The Intruder è
ancora oggi, a ben cinquant’anni dal suo difficile esordio nei cinema
americani, un ritratto spietato e verosimile di ciò che fu l’integrazione negli
Stati del sud. Non solo, Corman ci regala una spietato ritratto sui generis dei
demagoghi che a intervalli regolari sbucano dagli angoli meno nobili
dell’umanità, sfruttando i momenti storici difficili, le paure irrazionali (il
diverso, lo straniero) per distorcere valori quali l’amore per il territorio e
per le tradizioni ancestrali.
Interessante anche l’ampio parco offerto dai personaggi
corollari, dai razzisti “redenti” dalla dura realtà dei fatti, ai redneck pieni
di pregiudizi, spesso rappresentati con sfumature lombrosiane. Particolare,
questo, che causò parecchi problemi di distribuzione del film. Gli abitanti del
Texas erano infuriati per come Corman li aveva ritratti in The
Intruder. Al regista arrivarono intimidazioni, minacce. Molte riprese
furono eseguite clandestinamente e perfino sulla produzione furono fatte
pressioni affinché vendesse poche copie del film…
...Mención aparte merece el personaje encarnado por Leo Gordon, un
vendedor transumante que desde una primer mirada reconoce el tipo de calaña del
protagonista. Una película inusual, no solo para la filmografía de Corman (fue
su única película 'con mensaje' y su único fracaso en taquilla), sino para la
del cine antirracial, ya que no plantea ningún mensaje a favor de los negros
sino que trata de mostrar que el Sur no pierde por el accionar del Norte, ni
tampoco por la intromisión del Negro, sino por el propio primitivismo del Sur.
En su momento la crítica dijo del director de la película que "tuvo claros
sus objetivos y dio a toda la historia un tono documental de crónica
periodística, saltando de las situaciones a los personajes, con un diálogo
preciso e intencionado," y dando la clave del fracaso comercial diciendo
que la película solo podrá atraer a "aquellos que buscan buen cine en
general" (Heraldo, Febr. 1964).
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Eccellente pellicola diretta da Roger Corman e unico grande flop commerciale della sua lunghissima carriera di regista prima e produttore poi. Film dichiaratamente politico e forse per questo poco amato dal pubblico ai tempi della sua uscita, fu girato in maniera quasi clandestina dalla troupe obbligata a continui spostamenti per il clima poco amichevole che si respirava nel profondo Sud statunitense. Realizzato ben ventisei anni prima di Mississippi Burning si può definire come il precursore della famosa pellicola di Parker. Un'autentica chicca.
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A forgotten and completely unexpected minor masterpiece of social realism from the king of teenage exploitation, Roger Corman, who, after almost a decade of directing exploitation and trash decided to make a message film. Taking place in the Deep South, but actually filmed Missouri (which nitpickers refer to as the Mid-South), and starring an at that time young, unknown William Shatner, this Corman film is a far cry from the commercially successful exploitation films he had made up until that point, even if the film’s budget of $100,000.00 placed the film squarely into Corman’s realm of low budget filmmaking.Written by Charles Beaumont, who was not only a regularTwilight Zone contributor and script writer of a variety of Corman’s Poe films, but also played the school’s principal in the film, the story itself had originally been inspired by a 1957 article in Look magazine narrating the actions of one John Casper, who had tried to subvert the integration of schools in Clinton, Tennessee. An angry, unsettling film that leaves a nasty, embarrassed aftertaste in one’s mouth, The Intruder ended up being one of Corman’s first box office failures, despite having both won an award at the Venice Film Festival and receiving positive critical attention…
…All said, The Intruder is a brutal, sickening and powerful film that deserves rediscovery. Watch it, now.
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Straordinario film di Corman che affronta di petto una questione sociale molto delicata, quella dell'integrazione razziale. I pochi mezzi a disposizione non impediscono a Corman di dirigere un film tesissimo che corre sul filo del rasoio, grazie anche ad uno script di ottima fattura di Charles Beaumont (un habituè della Twilight Zone televisiva). Bravissimo Shatner in un personaggio che si insinua come un serpente nella comunità dirigendo gli umori della folla, ma incapace tuttavia di controllarla. Un Corman atipico rispetto altri suoi film, molto più politico e lontano anni luce da Poe e altri horror a basso costo. Un film assolutamente da recuperare.
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…My first reaction was that it was not funny. Rather, it was intense and too serious. My second reaction was that this movie was just darn good. Shatner gives a very scary performance (this was pre-"Star Trek"). Corman's direction is gritty and uncompromising. Shatner comes to a small town whose high school has just been integrated by law. He stirs up the townspeople with speeches of hatred and bigotry. Twenty-five years later, the similar Mississippi Burning came out and was timid in comparison…
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…Racism is abuse of
power. This film crew had little power to abuse, shooting on a mere $80,000
(the director re-mortgaging his home to finance it). But it is powerful stuff.
The photography is crisp in black and white, beautifully edited, and the film
never for one second looks dated. There's superlative scripting, Shatner is
riveting, and pitch-perfect grappling with moral issues makes this one of the
best films of the period, as well as one of the best ever made on race
relations.
The big
downside is this. You may be put off by the names associated with it. Director,
Roger Corman: in spite of many good works for people in the industry, he's
mostly known for trashy horror (which enjoys a considerable cult following).
Likewise, leading man William Shatner, none other than Captain Kirk of TV Star
Trek. Don’t let any prejudice put you off, or you will indeed miss out. The
film is in a different category – and class - to anything else either of these
gentlemen have ever done.
For most civilised
countries, things have moved on since the Spanish Inquisition, Hitler’s
segregation of Jewish people, or the segregation of black people in South
Africa/North America. But the film is a salient warning not simply to adopt
more sophisticated methods. “Remember,” says the rabble-rouser after whipping
the mob to a murderous fury, “no violence.” That, sadly, is perhaps not as
old-fashioned as it should be.
da quiA forgotten and completely unexpected minor masterpiece of social realism from the king of teenage exploitation, Roger Corman, who, after almost a decade of directing exploitation and trash decided to make a message film. Taking place in the Deep South, but actually filmed Missouri (which nitpickers refer to as the Mid-South), and starring an at that time young, unknown William Shatner, this Corman film is a far cry from the commercially successful exploitation films he had made up until that point, even if the film’s budget of $100,000.00 placed the film squarely into Corman’s realm of low budget filmmaking.Written by Charles Beaumont, who was not only a regularTwilight Zone contributor and script writer of a variety of Corman’s Poe films, but also played the school’s principal in the film, the story itself had originally been inspired by a 1957 article in Look magazine narrating the actions of one John Casper, who had tried to subvert the integration of schools in Clinton, Tennessee. An angry, unsettling film that leaves a nasty, embarrassed aftertaste in one’s mouth, The Intruder ended up being one of Corman’s first box office failures, despite having both won an award at the Venice Film Festival and receiving positive critical attention…
…All said, The Intruder is a brutal, sickening and powerful film that deserves rediscovery. Watch it, now.
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Eccellente pellicola diretta da Roger Corman e unico grande flop commerciale della sua lunghissima carriera di regista prima e produttore poi. Film dichiaratamente politico e forse per questo poco amato dal pubblico ai tempi della sua uscita, fu girato in maniera quasi clandestina dalla troupe obbligata a continui spostamenti per il clima poco amichevole che si respirava nel profondo Sud statunitense. Realizzato ben ventisei anni prima di Mississippi Burning si può definire come il precursore della famosa pellicola di Parker. Un'autentica chicca.
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