The Night of the Hunter Comments

Dariana 2022-03-24 09:01:51

3.5. Mother Goose-esque thriller...weird. Reflexive Reference to the Hypnotic Ability of Cinema (Movie Star Magazine, Popcorn Machine), James Agee. All sorts of crude and childish binary oppositions. Misogyny: Evil priests who use religious hypnosis to orgasm, all stupid women except Lillian Gish. The monster film routine of blind mass witch hunts, but it ends with a Christmas movie-style happy ending (WTF?!). Charles Laughton's repressed gay identity (?) is more over-distorted than...

Kacie 2022-03-24 09:01:51

3.5. Mother Goose-esque thriller...weird. Reflexive Reference to the Hypnotic Ability of Cinema (Movie Star Magazine, Popcorn Machine), James Agee. All sorts of crude and childish binary oppositions. Misogyny: Evil priests who use religious hypnosis to orgasm, all stupid women except Lillian Gish. The monster film routine of blind mass witch hunts, but it ends with a Christmas movie-style happy ending (WTF?!). Charles Laughton's repressed gay identity (?) is more over-distorted than...

Ona 2022-03-24 09:01:51

3.5. Mother Goose-esque thriller...weird. Reflexive Reference to the Hypnotic Ability of Cinema (Movie Star Magazine, Popcorn Machine), James Agee. All sorts of crude and childish binary oppositions. Misogyny: Evil priests who use religious hypnosis to orgasm, all stupid women except Lillian Gish. The monster film routine of blind mass witch hunts, but it ends with a Christmas movie-style happy ending (WTF?!). Charles Laughton's repressed gay identity (?) is more over-distorted than...

Alden 2022-03-23 09:01:54

The whole process oscillates between the extremes of "beautiful" and...

Dee 2022-03-22 09:01:48

A very unusual film noir, the background is the countryside and the concept of the family is almost disintegrated by the shock. Not to mention photography. The best part is that what appears to be bluntly didactic constructs a Christian context very precisely so that it can be expressed like a duck to water. False prophets who do evil in the name of Christ go out day and night and fall at the hands of family...

Beth 2022-03-21 09:01:54

A film noir with high black and white contrast and a very expressive style, it will make people always recall the close-ups of various small animals during various projections, female corpses in the water, and night boats (surreal!) Fairy tale ~ but the performance is slightly exaggerated, with some stage play style. Some of the episodes are kind of silly at this age. If you have a strange tattoo on your hand, you should be a "bad...

Cameron 2022-03-21 09:01:54

A film noir with high black and white contrast and a very expressive style, it will make people always recall the close-ups of various small animals during various projections, female corpses in the water, and night boats (surreal!) Fairy tale ~ but the performance is slightly exaggerated, with some stage play style. Some of the episodes are kind of silly at this age. If you have a strange tattoo on your hand, you should be a "bad...

Dejon 2022-03-21 09:01:54

Even the huge flaws can't hide the dazzling brilliance of the flash. The large number of deep focus lenses and high-contrast photography are not only technical cows and sensual beauty, but also a strong aid to the subject; Meacham is also bad and glamorous, tremble with...

Bernardo 2022-03-21 09:01:54

The allusion is heavily religious, ranging from Esau and Jacob's brothers fighting against the wall (Harry's dovetailing and murdering for Ben's family), to Moses drifting from the water in a basket (same way the brothers and sisters fled) , women who are easily seduced by Satan (Vera, Pell and Ruby), combined with the bleak background of the times in the Great Depression, this black crime story full of social news has been dealt with suspenseful and...

Norval 2021-12-08 08:01:39

Charles Lawton's only director's work. ① Religious metaphors: Moses, Jesus, the Virgin, false prophet using the name of the Lord. ②The absence of patriarchy is the same as [rebellion without cause]. ③Mitchum performed the best villain candidate in film history, and the horrible silhouette appeared. ④A folding knife that pierces the trouser pocket. ⑤Hate with the left hand and Love with the right hand. ⑥ Such as the murder scene of the suffering of the saints in the miniature church. ⑦Female...