trailer:
FilmSite begins its article with this:
The Lady From Shanghai (1948) is an imaginative, complicated, unsettling film noir who-dun-it thriller, with fascinating visuals and tilting compositions, luminous and brilliant camerawork (by Charles Lawton, Jr.), and numerous sub-plots and confounding plot twists.It is listed in the book 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die. Rotten Tomatoes has a critics consensus score of 82%.
Posts
It sounds confusing. I've bookmarked it, though, just in case I ever catch up on visits.
ReplyDeleteIt's not confusing as you're watching, but it does sound that way reading about it.
Delete...Shanghai sounds so exotic.
ReplyDeleteYes, doesn't it!
DeleteGood cast. Camera work by Charles Lawton, Jr. Interesting.
ReplyDeleteI'm not familiar with that name, but he has a long list of credits at IMDb.
DeleteThis sounds like a good film. I read more about it online. Nice recommendation.
ReplyDeleteIt really is a good movie.
DeleteI saw this film at our Film Museum when they had the 'Film Noir' month. Valerie
ReplyDeleteI want a film museum! :)
DeleteA good cast here ...
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
Right?! That made it worth trying for me :)
DeleteOrson Welles is always intriguing!
ReplyDeleteI agree!
Delete