With Fathers Day coming up I started looking round for movies that my dad would enjoy. Speaking to a DVD seller,I found out that they had recently tracked down a Film Noir starring Hammer Horror Queen Barbara Shelley,which led to me shaking hands with the man in the dark.
The plot:
Whilst he has written hit singles since becoming blind, Anne Gregory finds everything her husband Paul does to agitate her,with Paul turning to drink when the music fails to play his tune.Crossing paths, Anne begins having an affair with artist Rickie Seldon-who Anne openly kisses in front of the blind Paul.Finding Paul to be getting closer to uncovering the truth,Anne uses her charms on Rickie to hatch a plan to blind Paul off the face of the earth.
View on the film:
Despite the ending slipping into the optimism of Film Gris,the screenplay by James Kelley/Vivian Kemble & Peter Miller compose a toe-tapping Film Noir,which makes blind Paul be the only one able to clearly see Anne's mind games in sight.Playing away from home,the writers give Anne and Seldon's affair a playful mood that turns sour with every hard shot Paul takes.
Lingering in the shadows,director Lance Comfort and cinematographer Basil Emmott give the title a twitchy Film Noir mood,as a fight breaking out in total darkness allows Seldon to stylishly experience Paul's blindness. Slithering across the screen,the alluring Barbara Shelley gives a great performance as Anne,whose up-beat mood Shelley breaks with a femme fatale smirk hinting at Anne's poisonous plans. Slugging drinks back, William Sylvester gives a terrific performance as Paul,thanks to Sylvester shaking Paul's blunt Film Noir bitterness and the desire to fight on for the Film Gris,as the man in the dark turns on the lights.
The plot:
Whilst he has written hit singles since becoming blind, Anne Gregory finds everything her husband Paul does to agitate her,with Paul turning to drink when the music fails to play his tune.Crossing paths, Anne begins having an affair with artist Rickie Seldon-who Anne openly kisses in front of the blind Paul.Finding Paul to be getting closer to uncovering the truth,Anne uses her charms on Rickie to hatch a plan to blind Paul off the face of the earth.
View on the film:
Despite the ending slipping into the optimism of Film Gris,the screenplay by James Kelley/Vivian Kemble & Peter Miller compose a toe-tapping Film Noir,which makes blind Paul be the only one able to clearly see Anne's mind games in sight.Playing away from home,the writers give Anne and Seldon's affair a playful mood that turns sour with every hard shot Paul takes.
Lingering in the shadows,director Lance Comfort and cinematographer Basil Emmott give the title a twitchy Film Noir mood,as a fight breaking out in total darkness allows Seldon to stylishly experience Paul's blindness. Slithering across the screen,the alluring Barbara Shelley gives a great performance as Anne,whose up-beat mood Shelley breaks with a femme fatale smirk hinting at Anne's poisonous plans. Slugging drinks back, William Sylvester gives a terrific performance as Paul,thanks to Sylvester shaking Paul's blunt Film Noir bitterness and the desire to fight on for the Film Gris,as the man in the dark turns on the lights.