tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post441334690417544161..comments2024-03-24T13:26:57.317-07:00Comments on Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule: NIGHTMARE ALLEY (1947)Dennis Cozzaliohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01954848938471883431noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-9665022156315889192011-11-13T20:38:55.707-08:002011-11-13T20:38:55.707-08:00Anonymous: Sincere thanks for your comment. I'...Anonymous: Sincere thanks for your comment. I'm very glad to have helped get this movie in front of eyes that had never seen it. As for podcasting, I always enjoy sitting down in these situations, and being "a long-winded bastard" I am always happy to do so. The hosts of these podcasts need but ask!Dennis Cozzaliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01954848938471883431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-79591385494001722242011-11-12T21:52:22.071-08:002011-11-12T21:52:22.071-08:00Just finished watching my copy from Netflix a mome...Just finished watching my copy from Netflix a moment ago and I can't believe that I knew nothing about this film? I love film noir and have perused different sites that specialize and publish articles but do not recall ever seeing it on a list? This film is terrific I can't thank you enough for your good work here Sir. I would also like to encourage you to do more podcasting. I think I have only heard you interviewed once but it was a good listen and you ought to do more I would like to hear it. Thanks again..<br /><br />P.S <br />I am wondering if the happy ending was something the studio insisted on or what? I thought the best natural place to end it was a few minutes before when their is a wipe and it cuts to him as the hobo doing Pete's routine about looking into the crystal. Everything after that felt tacked on. I will give the commentary a listen I have a feeling that the answer may be there. xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-86566434108770844182011-11-11T12:26:49.217-08:002011-11-11T12:26:49.217-08:00Hi, Dennis!
I'm totally there for Leave Her T...Hi, Dennis!<br /><br />I'm totally there for Leave Her To Heaven (and the rest of the series, too). I've seen Leave Her to Heaven on the big screen before, and you're right, it's utterly gorgeous. I'm looking forward to revisiting it. I'm really looking forward to seeing the films I haven't seen on a big screen. I saw Raw Deal on Tuesday and it was amazing. I think that's the first time I've seen a John Alton film noir in a theater. I need to do that again.Vulnavia Morbiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04722740955194993451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-11432431968502471822011-11-09T13:44:39.589-08:002011-11-09T13:44:39.589-08:00Thanks, Vanwall, Vulnavia, for the links. Your pie...Thanks, Vanwall, Vulnavia, for the links. Your pieces on this movie are excellent indeed. I really liked your analogy to horror films, VM, and Vanwall, your personal nightmare might have been scarring, but it made for a fine read. I love this kind of unexpected, uncomfortably close encounter with a movie. <br /><br />Vulnavia, also don't miss <i>Leave Her to Heaven</i> on the big screen if you can help it. Gorgeous and scary at the same time.Dennis Cozzaliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01954848938471883431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-19102322173055465462011-11-09T12:21:07.452-08:002011-11-09T12:21:07.452-08:00Oh, wow. Twice in one month that I'm not insan...Oh, wow. Twice in one month that I'm not insanely jealous of a film writer on the coasts. Nightmare Alley <a href="http://www.ragtagfilm.com/series.php?id=23" rel="nofollow">is showing</a> in my own hometown in a couple of weeks. It's one of my favorite movies. I <a href="http://krelllabs.blogspot.com/2011/01/mister-i-was-made-for-it.html" rel="nofollow">wrote about it</a> for the big film noir blogathon earlier this year. I'll be glad to FINALLY see it on a big screen.Vulnavia Morbiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04722740955194993451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-53179421346438356212011-11-09T10:08:36.826-08:002011-11-09T10:08:36.826-08:00Nicely done! One of my faves, and Power is awesome...Nicely done! One of my faves, and Power is awesomely slimy in this one, subverting one's expectations of what kind of role it would be from that period. Helen Walker is goddam amazing. I wrote about it once:<br /><a href="http://vanwall.blogspot.com/2010/10/12_6114.html" rel="nofollow">My Nightmare</a>Vanwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14606489784189165989noreply@blogger.com