Film noir Ace in the Hole Kirk Douglas with lantern 1951-2014
by David Lee Guss
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Film noir Ace in the Hole Kirk Douglas with lantern 1951-2014
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David Lee Guss
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Photograph - Photography
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"Ace in the Hole" (aka "the Big Carnival") is writer/director Billy Wilder's poison pen letter to post WW2 America.
Douglas deliberately fails to rescue a trapped man in a cave to prolong an exclusive story. The rescue could have been accomplished in hours but Douglas (as failed former hot shot journalist) drags out a simple rescue to hopefully get back into the big time.
Only the trapped man dies from pneumonia and Douglas falls dead to the floor in the film's final image.
Above ground the area had descended into a grotesque celebratory carnival.
The bitter tone of the movie spelled flop for the Viennese born Wider.
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April 23rd, 2014
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