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Martin M. Goldsmith (1913–1994)

Teoksen Detour [1945 film] tekijä

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Detour [1945 film] (1945) — Screenwriter — 56 kappaletta
Detour (2005) 25 kappaletta
Détour (2018) 6 kappaletta
Double Jeopardy (2006) 5 kappaletta

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Virallinen nimi
Goldsmith, Martin M.
Syntymäaika
1913-11-06
Kuolinaika
1994-05-24
Sukupuoli
male
Kansalaisuus
USA
Syntymäpaikka
New York, New York, USA
Kuolinpaikka
Sherman Oaks, California, USA

Jäseniä

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A hitchhiker accidentally kills a man.

3/4 (Good).

There's not much here other than Ann Savage's performance, but that's enough.
½
 
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comfypants | 2 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Mar 5, 2021 |
Un bon roman noir d'avant guerre, facile à lire, avec peut-être un ton trop léger.
½
 
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Nikoz | Aug 5, 2019 |
This proto-noir is one of the all-time great noir movies. It is a bleak, nihilistic masterpiece that offers absolutely no hope and acts as a black dagger to the heart of the so-called "American Dream". The story opens with nightclub pianist Al Roberts (Tom Neal) and his girlfriend Sue (Claudia Drake) discussing their future. Sue decides to head for Hollywood leaving Al behind, but as the weeks pass he decides to join her. Broke, he has no option but to hitchhike and finds himself getting a ride from brash business-man Charles Haskell (Edmund MacDonald). Unfortunately Haskell suddenly dies on the road and Al unwisely decides to take his identity. Things go really wrong for him, however, when he gives a lift to the dangerous, deadly, black-mailing femme fatale Vera (Ann Savage). Despite its sharp running time of 67 minutes, the Martin Goldsmith written and Edgar G. Ulmer directed "Detour" packs an incredible punch while incorporating all the trademarks of the noir genre including shadowy black-and-white photography; a deep moral ambiguity; a cynical protagonist and a powerful femme fatale. Edgar G. Ulmer's made the movie on a shoestring over the course of a few days and that actually works to the film's advantage giving it a restless, dark, grim, foggy feel very much in line with the characters and their motivations. Ulmer's direction tunes in to the fatalism of the characters giving them the backgrounds and the milieu they deserve. Tom Neal is good in the lead role, failing to take any personal responsibility and believing that his actions have been precipitated by the hand of fate rather than by any of his own decisions. Ann Savage is unrivalled in her portrayal of Vera perhaps delivering the nastiest, harshest, bitterest femme fatale of all. All this makes for a simply astonishing and incredible cynical b-movie masterpiece.… (lisätietoja)
 
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calum-iain | 2 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Mar 3, 2019 |
If you've seen the classic B-movie, there won't be too much surprising in the novel it is based on, but this is a quick, good read, nevertheless. The movie really follows only half the story of the novel, the part about musician Alexander Roth hitchhiking west to rejoin his fiance Sue in California. Along the way he accepts a ride from Charles Haskell, and after that, Alex's life is pretty much in the hands of fate, especially after he meets Vera - a woman of our nightmares. Unlike the movie, the book also spends time with Sue in Hollywood as she works as a waitress while looking for her break in pictures. It becomes clear pretty quickly that she isn't quite the girl that Alex thinks she is. Her part of the story is a typical Hollywood tale while his is deepest noir. They seem a bit cobbled together, but while his tale is much more effective, there are merits to Sue's parts as well. The movie does come up with one brilliant twist on the novel, however, but I'll leave that to you to figure out.… (lisätietoja)
½
 
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datrappert | Apr 29, 2012 |

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