In a Lonely Place
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Movie Reviews of In a Lonely Place
Movie Review: At the edge of the suspicion!
Summary: 5 Stars
A Hollywood screenwriter literally swims in alcohol; his unbearable temperament and bitter character is not precisely his best recommendation chart. An unknown woman comes for him to visit with a febrile idea, but soon his kind manners will determine her departure. She will be found dead and consequently he will arouse even without wishing it, the immediate suspicion. His alluring neighbor (the exquisite Gloria Grahame) will defend him alleging she saw the woman leaving his apartment alone.
They will fall in love but once again, his unstoppable character will be building an invisible barrier between them, when she begins to suspect if she was wrong to protect him.
Nicholas Ray had a clinical eye for those dark personages and bleak future. Think in the dramatis personae around Bitter Victory, for instance. The weight of the guilty and the excesses derived from it are a perpetual mobile. Moreover they are unconsciously instigator factors, that even affect and determine future miscarried behavior patterns around them, as we will realize in Rebel without a cause
But the inner world of the characters is another subject to analyze. Their lives are surrounded of dark clouds and that works out as a true barrier who isolates them respect the outer world, condemning them beforehand.
Bogart shines in this formidable and stylized chamber noir.
Go for it.
Movie Review: a movie that is about so many things..
Summary: 5 Stars
In a lonely place is not a very typical movie of the early 50's.. Often people have said that it was nicholas ray's indictment of the film industry.. In any case, it is an excellent film which is not really about a murder so much as a relationship.. Boogie's role as a famous hollywood screenwriter is one of his best most subtle roles and he really does come accross quite well as the hair-trigger tempered talented yet extremely needy writer.. and his moodswings often show us just what a fine line some people walk on from being relatively normal and being a crazed murderous lunatic..
Nicholas Rays direction really captures the living surroundings well.. most of the movie takes place in dix steele's apartment with a few interesting scenes set by the beach, in a bar, and at the police station.. One of the scenes that really stands out is the scene in the car after leaving the beach - where bogie's character projects his anger on to an innocent person on the road.. Road rage apparently has been around for years and is merely another guise for internal problems which are projected upon a convenient victim..
Though not at all what i expected this film noir to be - I was very satisfied with the extremely tense performances and direction of this fine film and i would really like to watch it again as i think there are a lot of subtleties that i missed out on...
Movie Review: DARK, BROODING HUMAN EMOTIONS....
Summary: 5 Stars
Excellent psychological noir drama about a cynical Hollywood screenwriter (Humphrey Bogart) with a disturbing violent streak who becomes a suspect in the brutal murder of a hat check girl from the club he frequents. His only alibi is Gloria Grahame, a starlet who's his neighbor in their apartment complex. She covers for him to the police even admitting that she likes his face. They begin a relationship and Grahame discovers his frightening violent tendencies. Now even she begins to doubt his innocence as well as fear for her own safety. Film crackles with cynicism and tension throughout and offers one of Bogart's best performances as the troubled writer struggling with his inner demons. Grahame is excellent in one of her first big roles before becoming the 50's film noir femme fatale she later did. Ironically, the film was directed by the great Nicholas Ray whose marriage to Grahame was falling apart at the time. This could explain why it has a bleak, gloomy feel to it and the two leads are such tormented characters who are powerless over their destinies. A must see, a must on DVD and a must have for those who know what Bogart could do in a role like this, for fans of Grahame and especially for those who are familiar with Nicholas Ray. A potent, adult film that's an underrated and overlooked classic.Movie Review: One of Bogart's Best!
Summary: 5 Stars
This has to be Bogarts second best film behind The Maltese Falcon. Even though its a little known trip through the Film Noir world it offers so much more. When ever I speak of Sunset Boulevard I have to mention In a Lonely Place because it attacks Hollwood witht the same dry and often harsh wit. At certain points this movie even outdoes Sunset Boulevard interms of pacing and dialogue. I always find myself sencond guessing on the sanity of Bogarts character. The flick offers up some Staples of Film Noir Grahame is brilliant and so is Lovejoy as his faithfuly committed best friend. The story is built around Bogart's character obssesive nature towards his work and his underlying need for balance but in the world of noir the underlying tension of shady thoughts and desires always creep into the dark side of town. Grahame offers up so much unease and uncontrolled sexuality its never easy to root for her in this flick. The movie is dark as night, it offers up death,sex, happiness and sadism and a truly gut wrenching scene between Grahame and an all too eager and attentive stocky female masseuse. Buy it love it and watch it over and over again! One of the best Film Noir's and one of Bogart's best fims!Movie Review: Outstanding Bogart, Ray, Grahame,Solt,Lovejoy, etc
Summary: 5 Stars
One test for me is re-viewing and I've seen this film around ten times. The tenth time I found the initial scene between Ms Grahame and her lesbian masseur both witty and gripping as the almost sadistic masseur twisted, leant, squeezed with each vicious word her distaste for Ms Grahame's man, and I guess, for all men. But this is a film rich in such moments - including the apparently obligatory night club singing scene which was a cliche of the forties films - with the excellent singing performance interrupted by the enraged Dixon Steele (Bogart) as he physically attacks HIS BESPECTACLED BEST FRIEND AND AGENT at his table. Personally I find this film superior to REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE. It is especially well written by Andrew Solt and Mr Ray gets fabulous performances out of all concerned. It is at the one time a film self deprecating about its own medium as an art - much irony within the film about the cliches of film - as well as a searing comment on post traumatic stress as the character played by Mr Bogart is clearly a victim of war. Indeed, I count the film amongst the best of its time which seems to get better with age. Brilliant in black and white.