John & Carrie wrote:
> I found Alphaville way too pretentious,
although
> PI Lemmy Caution drives a great looking early model
Mustang.
Isn't it Ford Galaxie? It would suit better the film.
> Fuller's The Naked Kiss has to be one of the
weirdest damn
> movies I've ever seen! Did Fuller intentionally make
it high camp? The
> best of all three and very intense, not to mention
the most faithful to the
> noir trad.
Yes, it's weird enough, but I've always thought that in his
best days Fuller knew what he was doing. So the high camp is
there purposefully. But I've wondered many times why the
films seems so crude, the editing at least. By the way,
Michael Avallone wrote the novelization. Just think how weird
that one must be!
Juri
jurnum@utu.fi
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