Fugitive Kind
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Anna Magnani, Joanne Woodward, Marlon Brando, Maureen Stapleton, Victor Jory Brand: Sony DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language) Format: Black & White, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC Picture Format: 1.33:1 Running Time: 119 minutes DVD Release Date: 2005-11-08 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Studio: MGM (Video & DVD) |
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Movie Reviews of Fugitive Kind
Movie Review: A Lynch Favorite?
Summary: 4 Stars
Much could be said about the merits of Williams' script, Brando's acting, Magnani's acting, and Lumet's direction, but I'll leave that to other reviewers. One thing that struck me about this film is that it must be one of the films that made an indelible impression on David Lynch. The snakeskin jacket worn by Brando appears in Wild at Heart (it's worn by Nicolas Cage). Magnani's character in The Fugitive Kind, called "Lady", is very similar to Isabella Rossalini's character in Blue Velvet, "The Blue Lady". Both characters are middle aged Italian women who were once beautiful but are now broken (though still mysterious and alluring). Both enter into extra-marital affairs with younger men that are highly charged but doomed from the start. And both of these affairs must be kept secret to avoid the wrath of a dangerous man. There may be other similarities, but that's what first struck me. Maybe you have to be a Lynch nut like me to care, but there are more than a few of us out there. That said, this film is worth watching for reasons other than the Lynch connection. It's not quite as great a film as "Streetcar", but it's still an excellent film. For another film that seems to have informed Lynch's style, see Ingmar Bergman's great horror film "Hour of the Wolf": you will see where some of the ideas for Twin Peaks originated.
After writing the review above, I read in BEAUTIFUL DARK, a biography of David Lynch, that Laura Dern's mother (Diane Ladd) and father (Bruce Dern) met during a production of Orpheus Descending, the play that became the movie The Fugitive Kind. Laura Dern was conceived while her parents were starring in the play. Also, Diane Ladd is a cousin of Tennessee Williams, author of the play, Orpheus Descending--which means that Laura Dern, star of Blue Velvet and Wild at Heart, is related to the author of The Fugitive Kind.