tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post6548131942288504976..comments2024-03-15T04:08:16.172-04:00Comments on Only the Cinema: The ProwlerEd Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-80928701148477205172011-07-28T21:36:51.818-04:002011-07-28T21:36:51.818-04:00Before he was forced to get out Dodge, Losey next ...Before he was forced to get out Dodge, Losey next project was to have been<br /><br />(wait for it!0<br /><br /><i>High Noon</i>DavidEhrensteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11016905507543736049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-41089316146967524392011-07-28T20:34:37.885-04:002011-07-28T20:34:37.885-04:00Thanks, Sam and David. As David says, this story m...Thanks, Sam and David. As David says, this story may be familiar in some ways (though the voyeuristic theme makes it special already) but the complex, alternately pathetic and sympathetic characters really push it to the next level. This is a great, fascinating film, with so much going on in terms of both characters and themes. That's pretty typical of Losey, in Hollywood or out. Sam is rightEd Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-72756865524896153692011-07-28T17:33:47.998-04:002011-07-28T17:33:47.998-04:00Thanks David. I was actually quoting Ed in that o...Thanks David. I was actually quoting Ed in that opening passage, but I was agreeing with the excellence of the point.<br /><br />You make a great comparative point there of course.Sam Julianonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-12228066008155244142011-07-28T17:13:56.964-04:002011-07-28T17:13:56.964-04:00Not only was Losey not destroyed by exlie he had a...Not only was Losey not destroyed by exlie he had a richer and more complex career than he ever could have had in the U.S. <br /><br />You're quite right about "the guy who waits in the darkness, watching and desiring but separated from what he sees by seemingly insurmountable barriers..." Sam. This insider/outsider set-up figures in a teriffic number of Losey films:<i>The Servant, DavidEhrensteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11016905507543736049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-62751502302551134992011-07-28T13:44:41.149-04:002011-07-28T13:44:41.149-04:00"The real prowler, the real creep, is the out..."The real prowler, the real creep, is the outsider who so desperately wants what he can only look at from afar, the guy who waits in the darkness, watching and desiring but separated from what he sees by seemingly insurmountable barriers..."<br /><br /><br />Indeed Ed! From opera (DON GIOVANNI) to literary period adaptation (THE GO BETWEEN) to corrosive film noir (THE PROWLER) and some Sam Julianonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-30358529741150842472011-07-27T11:07:10.734-04:002011-07-27T11:07:10.734-04:00While basically a low-rent Doble Indemnity this ea...While basically a low-rent <i>Doble Indemnity</i> this early Losey is quite interestign for the attention and detail he affords his stars. There's nothing simplistic about these characters, though they may spring from standard "noir" formats.DavidEhrensteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11016905507543736049noreply@blogger.com