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Cruising into one of the greatest films ever made like...
(OUT OF THE PAST is on TCM right now, so I have no choice but to watch it for like the 5th time this year.)
Virginia Huston had a great big crush on Mitchum (who among us, etc.) while making OUT OF THE PAST and "she just followed him around like his pet poodle," according to Paul Valentine. #TCMParty
*swoons*
I will never not find it hilarious that the Kathie character is called Mumsie McGonigle in Mainwaring's book BUILD MY GALLOWS HIGH.
"I love surprises. When I was a kid we were so busted that if we got anything at all for Christmas it was a big surprise."
An underrated line in the dazzling flow of great lines that is OUT OF THE PAST.
An underrated line in the dazzling flow of great lines that is OUT OF THE PAST.
Eyes-in-the-rearview-mirror imagery is such a glorious metaphor for the haunted noir dude, who is perpetually moving forward while thinking back to his past.
DETOUR (1945)
OUT OF THE PAST (1947)
IN A LONELY PLACE (1950)
DETOUR (1945)
OUT OF THE PAST (1947)
IN A LONELY PLACE (1950)
Paul Valentine absolutely nails that sleazy, incompetent, but just bright enough to be dangerous vibe that Joe needs in OUT OF THE PAST. He's a much funnier character than in the book, but still a threat.
Does any film noir have a higher concentration of good-looking guys than OUT OF THE PAST? Mitchum and Kirk, obviously, plus angelic Dickie Moore, Paul Valentine (in a seedy sort of way), Steve Brodie (in a loser sort of way), AND Richard Webb (in a bland sort of way).
The way you can see the "I'm going to kill you" look come into Kathie's eyes after Whit slaps and threatens her, even though Greer stays fairly "impassive," like Tourneur wanted... amazing.
Noir characters' obsessive mental replaying of the past and their futile dream of rewriting it, trying to WILL it to be other than what is was, it's just so darn relatable.
One of the great movie endings. The Kid doing what Jeff would've wanted him to and saluting his memory. And it's not in the book!
I wonder if the OUT OF THE PAST ending—with the Kid lying to free Ann—was inspired by Conrad's HEART OF DARKNESS, in which Marlow lies to Kurtz's fiancée about his last words (not "The horror! The horror!" but her name, he tells her).
Anyway, thank you for letting me spam your TL with OUT OF THE PAST screenshots and musings. The film never disappoints, it is my everything, and I'll probably watch it again next month.
