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reblog: Don Siegel’s The Killers
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Sep 10, 2019
***A tremendous account by J.D. Lafrance of Don Siegel’s classic hardboiled movie. Wonders in the Dark By J.D. Lafrance The first feature-length adaptation of Ernest Hemingway’s short story, “The Killers” was directed by Robert Siodmak in 1946 and featured a young Burt Lancaster and Ava read more
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956, Don Siegel)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on May 6, 2019
The longest continuous stretch of Invasion of the Body Snatchers is about fifteen minutes (the film runs eighty). Small California city doctor Kevin McCarthy and his long-lost lady friend Dana Wynter have just spent the night holed up in his office, hiding from their neighbors, who have all been re read more
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956, Don Siegel)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on May 6, 2019
The longest continuous stretch of Invasion of the Body Snatchers is about fifteen minutes (the film runs eighty). Small California city doctor Kevin McCarthy and his long-lost lady friend Dana Wynter have just spent the night holed up in his office, hiding from their neighbors, who have all been re read more
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956, Don Siegel)
The Stop Button Posted by on May 6, 2019
The longest continuous stretch of Invasion of the Body Snatchers is about fifteen minutes (the film runs eighty). Small California city doctor Kevin McCarthy and his long-lost lady friend Dana Wynter have just spent the night holed up in his office, hiding from their neighbors, who have all been re read more
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956, Don Siegel)
The Stop Button Posted by on May 6, 2019
The longest continuous stretch of Invasion of the Body Snatchers is about fifteen minutes (the film runs eighty). Small California city doctor Kevin McCarthy and his long-lost lady friend Dana Wynter have just spent the night holed up in his office, hiding from their neighbors, who have all been re read more
Dirty Harry (1971, Don Siegel)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Feb 2, 2018
Dirty Harry only has one significant problem. It has a bunch of little problems, but it gets past those–sometimes manipulatively, sometimes just nimbly thanks to director Siegel and star Clint Eastwood–but the big one. It can’t overcome the third act. Villain Andy Robinson (I can’t forget to read more
The Beguiled (1971, Don Siegel)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Dec 1, 2017
While The Beguiled is a thriller, the film keeps the thrills exceptionally grounded. The film’s set during the Civil War, with wounded Yankee sniper Clint Eastwood taking refuge at a girls school in Confederate territory. The school is quite literally set aside from the war. The war is outside the read more
Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970, Don Siegel)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Apr 16, 2017
Two Mules for Sister Sara opens playfully. Then it gets serious. Then it gets playful. Then it gets serious. Then it gets playful. Director Siegel never lets it keep one tone for too long, not until the end, when he shows what happens when you take it all too seriously. After a hundred minutes of o read more
"Charley Varrick" and Don Siegel: The Last of the Independents
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Mar 21, 2013
Why hasn't Don Siegel received his due recognition as an important American filmmaker? He certainly directed his share of influential films (e.g., Dirty Harry) and socially significant ones (e.g., Invasion of the Body Snatchers). And yet, although acclaimed in Europe, he lacks the auteur status read more
The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross (1964, Don Siegel)
The Stop Button Posted by on Jul 7, 2011
Don Siegel can compose no matter what ratio, so his shots in The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross are all fine. There’s a lack of coverage and the edits are occasionally off, but it’s a TV show (an episode of “The Twilight Zone”); it’s expected. And Siegel does get in the occasional fantastic read more
Star in the Night (1945, Don Siegel)
The Stop Button Posted by on Feb 22, 2011
Star in the Night opens with cowboys, but it’s not a cowboy story. It’s a nativity told at a roadside motel. The dialogue for the cowboys is so bad, one has to wonder if they’re just cowboy impersonators and that detail got cut. The film proper begins when J. Carrol Naish meets up with angel-in-dis read more