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Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
Technicolor noir, is it Greek?
Cerebral shadows eclipse noir. Beauty dissipates in ominous opacity. A spectral conflict is created. Almost surreal.
The Father, the wraith, seeps into the very actuality of Ellen (Gene Tierney).
His ressurection, by fluke of evocation, is manifested in Richard Harland (Cornell Wilde).
Ellen, on horseback, scatters her father's ashes into the New Mexican wind. It is eerily evocotive, sensual. She is bedeviled.
Transfixed by her witchery, Richard accedes to an unceremonious proposal. They are married.....
Ellen is both Elektra and Siren. She is dualistically possessed and possessive. Ice blue eyes bejaded by envy.
This is cinematic magic cloaked by an omnipotent phantom shade.
The Long Haul (1957)
'The Long Haul', directed by Ken Hughes - 1957.
Electricity and rain don't mix ...... well, they do in this! Mature and Dors pulse sexuality in this Brit/noir grime fest.
Corrupt haulage drivers slouch and scheme in fuggy roadside greasy-spoons. Dockside scenes exude salty damp. Fully laden trucks burn tar between Liverpool and Glasgow. Violent racketeer Joe Easy (Patrick Allen) poisons the screen with arrogant menace.
Special mention for Diana Dors as 'Lynn'. She radiates brazen immodesty yet reveals raw vulnerability. Emotionally exposed. Quite something.
* You get to see Victor Mature in a duffel coat!
* Perhaps the real star of the show - the 1955 Leyland Octopus 24.0 truck!
Nasty and Sleazy, this movie was really rather good.