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Did anyone sneak off to the Aero last month for that screening of the Locket? Screened it twice last month (TCM as well), still obsessed.
This movie has always been, and always will be, my absolute favorite Russian nesting doll, Chinese box of a picture.
Last month there was a screening of the film at The Aero. At almost the same time, TCM featured it during their Summer of Darkness tribute to Film Noir. I caught the picture both times, and wouldn't you know, I decided to pull out my Warner Archive DVD to watch it yet again.
One of the things I don't get is the general lack of awareness of this picture. It has to be one of the primary examples of a flashback type structure used at the height of Film Noir production. The story, told as a flashback within a flashback within another flashback, seems almost effortlessly pulled off, and I'm just gobsmacked by the performances of Laraine Day and Robert Mitchum in this. This picture failed to garner a single Oscar nomination; that my friends is a travesty.
Are there any other fans of this one out there? The cinematography by Noir stalwart Nicholas Musuraca is one of my favorites. The use of black and shadow here is stupendous. And when you watch both Mitchum and Brian Aherne spin their tales of woe it is oh so mesmerizing.
I would love to see Criterion do this one right. It would be a fitting addition to the great noirs they've done in the past several years, I would put this one right on my shelf next to the Melville flicks they've done, or that Uninvited package they did.
Did anyone sneak off to the Aero last month for that screening of the Locket? Screened it twice last month (TCM as well), still obsessed. Aug 22, 23:30
going to the Aero any night is a royal pain in the ass {nm} Aug 23, 00:05
