Lady in the Lake, Movie, 1947 IMDB

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Also known as:

  • De dame van het meer (Belgium)
  • Die Dame im See (Germany)
  • La dama del lago (Spain)
  • Nainen järvessä (Finland)
  • La dame du lac (France)
  • Una donna nel lago (Italy)
  • A Dama do Lago (Portugal)
  • Kvinnan i sjön (Sweden)
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vilero ES

2010-05-04 13:29

Filmed in 'subjective-camera' way, the camera shows Phillip Marlowe's view from the first-person in this adaptation of Raymond Chandler's book. You see what Marlowe sees, you are the detective.

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Except for an explanatory prologue (the necessity for which should have raised red flags) or in scenes where he's caught in a window or mirror, Montgomery's Marlowe remains unseen. We, through the camera lens, are the detective. Conceivably, this gimmick might have worked at a later date, when swift, lithe Steadicams were part of Hollywood's technical arsenal. But in1947, the camera lumbers along as though it were being shoved through wet sand. As a result the pace slows to deadening, as though a senescent Marlowe were tracking down clues from the rail of an aluminum walker.

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vilero ES

2010-05-04 13:33

The way of filming -you see what Marlowe sees- stop us seeing Marlowe's car (2 [*][*]) but, probably, is another Ford.

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