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Here's the Put the Blame on Mame scene with the guitar:
The Telegraph begins its review with this: "Examples of film noir don’t come much headier or more perverse than Charles Vidor’s sultry little number". The Guardian calls it "a wonderfully perverse noir classic that comes over as a cross between Casablanca (an intentional influence) and Hitchcock's Notorious (which appeared just weeks after Gilda)." DVD Talk says, "Gilda is an established classic that should find a welcome home in the collection of any film fan."
It's in the book 1,001 Movies You Must See Before You Die. TCM has some information. Rotten Tomatoes has a critics score of 96%.
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Gorgeous Rita. The guitar clip sound didn't work for me (probably me) but I'm familiar with the song anyhow. This looks interesting .
ReplyDeleteThere are 2 versions in the film. The other is livelier and has her dancing while she sings to an orchestra accompaniment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NY2IpSCV-Nk . I found the guitar version a bittersweet moment in the film. I'm a sucker for film noir.
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