Five days ago, I published a review for WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION. In it, I quoted from Billy Wilder:
"There are only two kinds of films for the public - the simple story, padded out, furnished in rococo; the simple plot allows visual embellishment. Then the complex story, filmed simply in order to make it comprehensible."
THE NAKED PREY is the former; a simple story, "furnished in rococo". However, even though the description fits this film, it still has an undeserved negative connotation.
THE NAKED PREY is at times shocking, controversial, and perhaps even questionable. There is little dialogue, yet it manages to hold you captive till the end. That in itself is a difficult challenge accomplished.
"There are only two kinds of films for the public - the simple story, padded out, furnished in rococo; the simple plot allows visual embellishment. Then the complex story, filmed simply in order to make it comprehensible."
THE NAKED PREY is the former; a simple story, "furnished in rococo". However, even though the description fits this film, it still has an undeserved negative connotation.
THE NAKED PREY is at times shocking, controversial, and perhaps even questionable. There is little dialogue, yet it manages to hold you captive till the end. That in itself is a difficult challenge accomplished.