A Few Words About A few words about...™ In a Lonely Place -- in Blu-ray (1 Viewer)

[PaulDA]

Another blind Criterion buy (an easy choice with the RAH seal of approval). Looking forward to seeing it when it arrives.

 

[Charles Smith]

I had this one sitting for far too many weeks (ahem -- months) in the To-Watch-Soon stack, and suddenly last night was the right time.

WOW.

I think it's going to take me a couple more viewings to fully digest it. And that's not a complaint. No, sirree.

What a film, in all respects.

And yes, Gloria Grahame...

 

[benbess]

Watching this one now. Loving the excellent restoration of this classic. I'd forgotten how funny it is at the start, but as I vaguely recall from watching it long ago it takes some grim turns....

Imho the first "must watch" Bogart movie for fans is The Petrified Forest from 1936. But this one, of course, is even more essential.

 

[Traveling Matt]

Imho the first "must watch" Bogart movie for fans is The Petrified Forest from 1936.

Are you referring to his films chronologically? If so I'd agree, though Three on a Match is an excellent film.

 

[Robert Crawford]

If you do a bit of research on Ms Grahame, you'll find one of the more complex and fascinating actresses of her time, with the quality to go with it. Her work in In a Lonely Place demands your attention.

She is probably one of top five sexiest actresses ever on film. There were better looking actresses, but they didn't have her sex appeal nor her acting chops. She should had a greater film career. Her life choices and demons didn't help her achiever greater success. With that said, she is one of my ten favorite actresses of all-time.

 

[Rodney]

She is probably one of top five sexiest actresses ever on film. There were better looking actresses, but they didn't have her sex appeal nor her acting chops. She should had a greater film career. Her life choices and demons didn't help her achiever greater success. With that said, she is one of my ten favorite actresses of all-time.

"This old thing? I only wear it when I don't care how I look!"

 

[Stencil]

Ill see that and raise you a

" Thank You, But I always go home with the man who brought me"

 

[Robert Crawford]

Ill see that and raise you a

" Thank You, But I always go home with the man who brought me"

God, I love that line of dialogue and the way she delivered it.

 

[Dave B Ferris]

She is probably one of top five sexiest actresses ever on film. There were better looking actresses, but they didn't have her sex appeal nor her acting chops. She should had a greater film career. Her life choices and demons didn't help her achiever greater success. With that said, she is one of my ten favorite actresses of all-time.

God, I love that line of dialogue and the way she delivered it.

You should be on the lookout for the eventual release of a film that has been playing the festival circuit, "Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool". The film is about the final years of Gloria Grahame's life. Annette Benning plays Gloria Grahame.

 

[Jim*Tod]

I think her last film role was in MELVIN AND HOWARD, but I am not sure. I thought she was amazing in, of all things, OKLAHOMA! as Ado Annie.

 

[Matt Hough]

I think her last film role was in MELVIN AND HOWARD, but I am not sure. I thought she was amazing in, of all things, OKLAHOMA! as Ado Annie.

Yes, it's particularly good since she gets to use her own singing voice, and it fits the character so perfectly. She was usually dubbed when her role required her to be a singer (as in Song of the Thin Man).

 

[Robert Crawford]

You should be on the lookout for the eventual release of a film that has been playing the festival circuit, "Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool". The film is about the final years of Gloria Grahame's life. Annette Benning plays Gloria Grahame.

Yeah, I've been waiting on that film title once I did some research on the book it was based off.

 

[marshman1138]

Great to hear. Unless my memory has taken a serious turn, I believe this is Bogart's first appearance in the Collection (excluding his photograph's appearance in A bout de souffle). Which is a major event.

Actually, Bogart's first appearance in "The Collection" was a Criterion Laserdisc of Casablanca released in 1989.

 

[Robert Harris]

For those cinephiles who believe that the "must see" Bogart films begin somewhere around Casablanca and end with The African Queen, but have never experienced Nick Ray's In a Lonely Place, your time has come.

Criterion is releasing the film on Blu-ray, and the master provided by Columbia is superb in every way.

If you're only tangentially aware of Gloria Grahame for her work as the "girl who can't say no" in Oklahoma!, here's another new experience for you.

If you do a bit of research on Ms Grahame, you'll find one of the more complex and fascinating actresses of her time, with the quality to go with it. Her work in In a Lonely Place demands your attention.

As does the cinematography of Burnett Guffey.

Name doesn't ring a bell.

Doesn't matter.

You know his work. Look him up!

A terrific release from the Criterion Collection, with all the fixins'.

Image - 5

Audio - 5

4k Up-rez - 5

Pass / Fail - Pass

Very Highly Recommended

RAH