--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Steve Novak
<Cinefrog@...> wrote:
>
> The best answer to your question is the article in
NYT
yesterday...and the
> assesment of The Night & the City is
perfect...probably the most
> accomplished noir film of that
>
era...(cast/direction/DP/locations-decors/themes/script-screenplay....you
> name it)
>
Yes, it's a fantastic film, and in a way Widmark is
emblematic of the era. Not an actor in the
Cagney-Robinson-Bogart style, but a perfect hardboiled figure
in the right films. He was somewhat mysterious, with some of
Mitchum's hardness but without the latent spookiness of the
latter.
In the end, a relatively low profile actor "who was always
there", yet he ends his life recognized as an important
figure. He is lucky: often the reverse is true. It helps that
the old noirs have been reassessed so favorably, of
course.
Best,
mrt
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