Flavorpill San Francisco Events (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Nov 27 – Dec 20 Daily @ Pacific Film Archive Theater Director Otto Preminger was a Jewish refugee of Austrian origin whose unflinching independence led to innovations in both storytelling and social awareness — often at the expense of MPAA regulations. His provocations include the first depiction of a gay bar, in Advise and Consent (1962); Dorothy Dandridge's history-making,...
DVD Times (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
... Fallen Angel is a mean, dark little film which is a long way away from the passionate reverie of Otto Preminger’s previous film Laura, despite the best efforts of composer David Raksin and his insistent composition “Slowly”. Part of this has to do with the central character played by Dana Andrews who is much less appealing than Mark McPherson in Laura; a man with a shady past and...
look back in anger (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
bad enough to really know about heroin addiction but novelist nelson algren, best known for his 1950 National Book Award winning The Man With the Golden Arm, was replaced as screenwriter when otto preminger chose to make the film. from what i've read, the highly respected novel was give a hollywood polish that has many fans of algren's wringing their hands at the shame of otto....
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
... cast and this deserves to be much better known. Backing it up are a trio of Fox films made by Otto Preminger, Fallen Angel, Whirlpool and When the Sidewalk Ends. Dana Andrews and Gene Tierney are prominent in satisfyingly shadowy dramas and the BFI gives it lots of useful back-up material in an attractive package. DVD and video reviews Thriller Rob Mackie guardian.co.uk © Guardian...
