come non vederlo? - ismaele
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il film completo in inglese
Il bottino di una rapina
fa gola a troppi.Storie di ordinaria malavita in un carcere inglese.Uno dei
detenuti sa dove è nascosto il bottino ma non lo vuole rivelare e mal gliene
incoglierà.Ma il bottino non sarà preso da altri in un finale tragico.Losey
punta tutto sulle facce,sulla claustrofobia del luogo chiuso per eccellenza ,il
carcere,sui rapporti non sempre cristallini tra i detenuti e sugli strani
rituali,quasi tribali che vi si consumano all'interno…
Directed by American expatriate Joseph Losey, who fled to England
as a result of the Hollywood blacklist, The Criminal is an uncompromising crime
drama scripted by Alun Owen from an original story by Hammer screenwriter Jimmy
Sangster. Losey’s morality tale of crime, betrayal and institutionalized
mistreatment explores the contradictions of the tough guy submerged within the
self-contained prison and underworld culture. Robert Krasker’s superb
cinematography creates a suitably harsh, bleak visual style. There are fine
performances by Stanley Baker as the brutal central character based
on notorious Soho gangster Albert Dimes, and Patrick Magee is suitably sinister
as Barrows, the corrupt prison guard…
…Director Joseph Losey might have been turfed out of his home country by
anti-communists, but it is clear that he has well found his feet in the UK.
Every frame of this film's stark black and white footage looks superb. Unlike
some of his other works, particularly his Harold Pinter collabarations, this is
a much more straight forward film with none of the surreality that marked an
entry like The Servant (1963), but he does include a couple
of unorthodox shots, firstly of a character looking through a kaleidoscope and
later a theatrical soliloquy from a prisoner with the background dissolving
into black. In keeping with the brutal script, Losey is not afraid to focus in
on the violence, particularly in a cell beating early on, where another film
might have cut away, he stays and we see the reactions of the poor victim -
similarly during the prison riot we see a number of prison officers being attacked
by the inmates. A haunting main theme on the soundtrack is used very well to
emphasise the sorrow and dispair running through the whole film; the rest of
the score is fittingly contemporary jazz...
I
admit I love film noir. I would rather watch "Kiss Me Deadly" or
"The Big Heat" any night instead of one of the modern Hollywood
blockbusters. The good guys didn't always wear white, the bad guys were more
then cartoon caricatures, and political correctness wasn't heard of yet. Even
so, these films had a strong moral code - the bad guys never won. What makes a
film noir so special is the crafting of the picture, from a solid story, to
believable acting (most of these films didn't star the "A-list"
actors of the day), to a style that became it's own. I doubt you'd find a
better-photographed film today...
bel film davvero..
RispondiEliminala fine di Stanley Baker mi ha ricordato quella di Gian Maria Volontè in "Le cercle rouge" (I senza nome), di Melville, altro gran bel film.
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