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Binding: DVD
EAN: 3346030009031
Format: PAL
Languages: FrenchOriginal LanguageEnglishOriginal Language
Region Code: 2
Running Time: 97 minutes
Theatrical Release Date: November 13, 1947
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"Build my gallows high, baby"--just one of the quintessentially noir sentiments expressed by Robert Mitchum in this classic of the genre. Mitchum, in absolute prime, sleepy-eyed form, relates a complicated flashback about getting hired by gangster Kirk Douglas to find femme fatale Jane Greer. The chain of film noir elements--love, money, lies--drags Mitchum into the lower depths. Director Jacques Tourneur gets the edgy negotiations between men and women as exactly right as he gets the inky shadows of the noir landscape (even the sunlit exteriors are fraught with doubt). This is Mitchum in excelsis, with his usual laid-back cool laced with great dialogue and tragic foreshadowing. As for his co-star, James Agee immortally opined that Jane Greer "can best be described, in an ancient idiom, as a hot number." Remade in 1984, unhappily, as Against All Odds (with Greer in a supporting role). --Robert Horton
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This fine movie is a must for any Classic collection! Interesting plot, snappy dialog and masterful performances by young actors, Robert Mitchum, Kirk Douglas, and Jane Greer. First rate supporting cast too, with Rhonda Fleming and a sappy Ann Huston (but she's supposed to be sappy!), child actor Dickie Moore and Paul Valentine as a menacing but almost-kind-hearted thug. To me, this is how movies are supposed to be made!
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The DVD transfer on this Warner Bros. release is very good. It's clear and looks good enough to represent the first screenings of this movie.
It's really hard to find a better film of this genre, even if you look to the more notable films of dark ilk like the "The Maltese Falcon" or "Chinatown". Robert Mitchum is excellent as the still idealistic PI who is hired for his honesty to find a mobster's girl. The mobster (Kirk Douglas) just wants the girl back, forget the 40 grand she took ... Read More
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Out of the Past is classic film-noir. Why this film hasn't garnered more acclaim & fame I don't know. It's not quite an essential film but it's as close as a film can be to that distinction without garnering that claim. Jacques Tourneur, the director, helped to create the film-noir genre with this film.
Robert Mitchum portrays Jeff Bailey, an ex-private eye. He's now a gas station owner that's hiding from his past. This was Mitchum's first starring role that gave him top billing. He had ... Read More
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Out of the Past was ignored by Hollywood when it came out in 1947. Not one Academy nomination is hard to believe. It's far more appreciated now plus has solidified its status as one of the Top 5 Noir movies all-time.
Snappy dialog, wonderful use of shadows and incredible cinematography push this film into the upper echelon of must-see noir films. The plot is convoluted but Mitchum and Greer have enough incendiary chemistry to keep things interesting. For the record, the line is: ... Read More
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"Out of the Past" has all the biggies: money, murder, double crossing and then the inevitable revenge, and especially the femme fatale. The plot is tight and interesting but a little opaque at times. Essentially you see the plot through Mitchum's character, so things that aren't all that clear to him aren't all that clear to you, though the overall plot line hangs together well if you give the movie the benefit of the doubt on the characters' motivations.
The movie is also well acted, though ... Read More
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