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Lured 1947
Monday Night Noir:
Wandering through Criterion, I happened upon Douglas Sirk’s 1947 “Lured,” a pulpy, sinister-light trip through London’s postwar club and fashion scene.
An adorable Lucille Ball is Sandra Carpenter, a mouthy American dance girl cast in perfect contrast to the stuffy men of Scotland Yard she ends up working for as an undercover detective.
Progressive, it would seem, for its time, Carpenter is made an unheard-of woman detective, though only on temporary assignment. She earns her stripes under…
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The Thin Red Line 1998
Late to the Terrence Malick scene, I have come to love his method (hat tip, Sam B.). And it works well here.
His use of the natural world to contrast or underscore the aspect of life he portrays seems like it was made for a war piece. Beauty, savagery, love, indifference, violence, peace, life, death — he touches them all without being heavy-handed.
Cast very well, it slips a bit into the familiar feel of great forerunners such as “A…
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