Fugitive Kind
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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.
Movie Review: Cryptic fire
Summary: 4 Stars
It's sort of like Tennesee Williams decided Streetcar Named Desire was just too happy, so he wrote something even more depressing, and cryptic. But terrific acting from all involved makes this movie a must see for film buffs. This movie is on fire with emotion.Movie Review: Fake Widescreen - Buyer Alert!
Summary: 3 Stars
The aspect ratio is fake.
The top and bottom of the regular full screen version has been cropped out of the picture to give the illusion your getting a widescreen - what your getting is less picture!
The studios should label the DVD's as they did when they cropped VHS video picture " this film has been modified to fit you tv screen" as in modified to fit a 16x9 tv in this case.
You have already lost one third of the picture when it was modified to full screen, now you loose an additional one third to one fourth of the movies image!
The reason leterbox and widescreen has a demand, is that the audience or consumer wants to view the Movie as it was filmed and framed by the filmaker, and not loose out on portions of the movie that the director intended.
In other words the idea to release in widescreen was for the intention of showing MORE not LESS of the movies image.
The studios believe they can get away with this, since the average buyer does not have a full screen video version to compare with, or the consumer is just unaware.
I compared this DVD to a full screen VHS version, and in many cases where some DVD's come with both Full & Wide Screen on a flip disc, compare them before watching, many of the widesreen sides are just chopped versions of the full screen.
The picture quality is great on this and most DVD's, it is unfortunate though that it has to be a conciliation for cropped picture.
Movie Review: Great Movie, Terrible DVD
Summary: 3 Stars
I'd love to see a decent DVD transfer of this wonderful Marlon Brando movie, cause this MGM disk ain't it! Poor quality, non-anamorphic 1.66:1 transfer just sits there in the middle of my new widescreen set with a fine, yellow line down the left edge of the picture. Hard to watch but still, somehow compelling. Joanne Woodward is great. Come on, studios! This is Brando here. How about some special editions of the great movies from one of the biggest superstars of world cinema? Surely there's a market for them...Movie Review: What the....??
Summary: 1 Stars
No, don't inflict this "film" on yourself. Get something else. It wanders and is dark and grainy. Brando and the dame have no chemistry.. it's painful. I didn't finish watching it. :(