Oh yes, CSI, KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN.
I saw it in theater with my ex (when he wasn't my ex), and even he had to admit
it was a great film. I miss Raoul Julia.
Wanted to add BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES and LAURA to the mix.
The only two films in which Dana Andrews doesn't make me gag.
Though Clifton Webb in LAURA, is laughable as any kind of possible beau to
the beautifully icy Gene Tierney. For that matter, so is Vincent Price equally laughable in
the rejected fiance role. It's funny because Dana Andrews is so obviously meant
to be the only Real Man in the film and it is implied that this is only because he is not
an intellectual and he might, actually, sweat. Funny.
Still, it is a great film.
Also don't know if I mentioned CAT PEOPLE earlier. I mean, I could watch this over
and over and over again and it still gives me the creeps. And most of it is only IMPLIED
creeps. So much of Val Lewton's film is done with shadow and sound and innuendo.
GREAT film making.
The scene in the cafe where the woman with the wide set eyes
talks in a foreign language to the 'heroine'. The woman, never seen again in this film,
is SO cat like. WITHOUT makeup. Just the natural configuration of her face.
The mystery of the unfamiliar language.
The sad menace and recognition in her eyes.
So freakin' brilliant.
Then the scene at the swimming pool.
Honestly. We see LITTLE but we FEEL everything.
The frantic scene in the park just before the bus shows up in the knick of time.
Great, GREAT film-making!