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In a Lonely Place (DVD, 2003)
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In this 1950 thriller, film-noir movie, Dixon Steele (Humphrey Bogart) is what we would call bipolar in 2010. But he appears innocent of murder in this movie, when hat check girl Mildred Atkinson (Martha Stewart--not the famous decorator) comes to his apartment to interpret a book and then gets murdered on her way home. His alibi is his next door neighbor Laurel Gray (Gloria Grahame), who saw Mildred leave Dix's apartment. After she testifies to the police about Dix's innocence, she becomes romantically involved with him. But the more she is around Dix, the more his moods start to show. Did he kill Mildred? That is the question that is posed by this movie. In what is called his greatest performance, the AFI #1 Dramatic Actor of All Time, Bogart, is said to be playing himself: complex. This movie reminds me of another famous movie, "Suspicion," starring Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine. In that movie we also suspect the male lead of trying to murder the female lead. Laurel Gray casts all suspicions aside in this movie to pursue her love affair with Dix until the end. But does he try to kill her? Watch it and see.Read full review
Rounding out a great year for divas and a terrible year for Hollywood was this (at the time) little-seen masterpiece. Director Nicholas Ray took away Bogart's gun and proved just how scary he could be; Dix is a complex blend of Sam Spade's self-loathing, Rick's bruised romantic and Dobb's paranoia, and Bogart walks away with the best performance of his career, allowing himself to be seen in a bad light both physically and emotionally. Gloria Grahame is perfect as the would-be starlet who falls for Dix and provides a brief period of inner peace for the troubled screenwriter. This is a movie that was at least 20 years ahead of its time (one can clearly see the influence on Scorsese and Taxi Driver) and as long as there are troubled loners, misfits and rebels without causes, this film will never age. The ending will blind you with its pessimism. A masterpiece.Read full review
Seldom does one see the real life side of a great actor acting out their real self on the screen. It was too real for it not to be what the actor lived in real life. The depth of emotion. The body language. The voice of heart felt feelings with such real tones which told it all. And what was a clincher was the actors face. Such expressions. Not to mention the eyes of the actor, one could all but read what was inside , beneath his skin. The real Humphrey Bogart, to be sure! I decided to buy it because I never saw it. Now that I have it in my collection...I'll watch it over and over. I WISH he was still alive. Next to that . . his memory will never die with all who loved his character.
This was an unusual movie from Bogart's portrayal but interesting. Probably not his best role, but Gloria Graham stood out, because she sometimes plays minor characters and was good in this movie. Have many Bogart movies, but this one is compelling, while far from my favorite Bogart. Perhaps I have to see it again.
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Screenwriter Dixon Steele (Bogart) is drawn into a tangled drama, beginning with the most innocent reading of book that is being adapted for a screenplay. Steele's bad luck is also his good luck - he's suspected of being involved in a murder, but his alibi (Gloria Grahame) becomes his muse and love interest. Throughout the film, Steele's career and love life gain momentum as the screenplay nears completion. Unfortunately, there is an undercurrent of uncertainty and suspicion. Steele is well known for his hot temper as he is for his creativity. Timing turns out to be the pivotal element in this suberby acted drama.
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