The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
by Robert Ellis Miller
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Actor: Alan Arkin, Chuck McCann, Laurinda Barrett, Sondra Locke, Stacy KeachDirector: Robert Ellis Miller
Brand: Warner Brothers
Cinematographer: James Wong Howe
Editor: John F. Burnett
Producer: Joel Freeman
Producer: Marc Merson
Producer: Thomas C. Ryan
Writer: Thomas C. Ryan
Writer: Carson McCullers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 1.0; English (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0
Format: Closed-captioned, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 123 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-01-08
Audience Rating: Unrated
Model: 118635
Studio: Warner Home Video
Movie Reviews of The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Movie Review: Bright and cheery film ... about devastating loneliness
Summary: 5 Stars
The cinematography of James Wong Howe may be the real "star" of this film, creating a brightly-hued, sharply-focused view of small-town America in the 1960s that is almost like looking at kodachrome still photographs. That brightness, along with the almost cheery tone in much of the acting (Chuck McCann, Sondra Locke, etc.) seem at odds with the bleakness of the material ... until, on second thought, it seems like the perfect metaphor for how the world viewed Singer, all cheerful surface. The cinematography intentionally ignores the sadness and the darkness inside these superficially cheery lives, just as everyone ignored Singer's feelings. (Only Cicely Tyson's intense performance goes straight for the dark side in this material which, in fact, makes her seem the most out-of-place member of the cast.) On a different note: I really adored Sondra Locke here. She makes a debut with a charm similar to that of Reese Witherspoon's in Man in the Moon. Since I am also a big fan of Clint Eastwood's under-rated The Gauntlet (an homage to Don Siegel that is also the first hint of Eastwood's later mastery as a director), I have to say that Sondra Locke deserves to be more than a footnote in cinema history. She was an overlooked talent.
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