Film Homage Film Noir Gloria Graham In A Lonely Place 1950 Demolition Derby Tucson Arizona '69-2008 #3
by David Lee Guss
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Film Homage Film Noir Gloria Graham In A Lonely Place 1950 Demolition Derby Tucson Arizona '69-2008 #3
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David Lee Guss
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French critics have a special fondness for director Nicholas Ray (1911-1979), a poster child for the self destructive artist. "Place" has his usual themes of despair and alienation. Along with "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre," Bogart lays his emotions bare, caring little for the audience's affection in playing essentially unlikeable characters.
Gloria Grahame (1923-1981) is one of the definitive noir actresses. This is perhaps her finest role. She later became obsessed with her upper lip; (even stuffing it with tissue which came out a soggy mess when Robert Mitchum kissed her in "Macao"), which added even more neurosis to her persona.
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Bogart to Graham quoting lines from a script he has just written: "I was born when she kissed me. I died when she left me. I lived a few weeks while she loved me."
Louise Brooks in an essay on Bogart claims that his role in "Lonely" was the Bogie she knew, "Before inertia set in, he played one fascinatingly complex character, craftily directed by Nicholas Ray, in a film whose title perfectly defined Humphrey's own isolation among people.
"In a Lonely Place" gave him a role that he could play with complexity because the film character's, the screenwriter's, pride in his art, his selfishness, his drunkenness, his lack of energy stabbed with lightning strokes of violence, were shared equally by the real Bogart."
The movie was photographed by cinematographer Burnett Guffey, who shot more noirs (18) than any other cinematographer. He lensed Bogart's last film, "The Harder They Fall" (1956).
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