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#not sure anyone trod that finest of lines between significant artistry and greasy exploitation quite like Fuller; no other American‚ at any
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The Naked Kiss (1964)
"You know what's different about the first night? Nothing. Nothing... except it lasts forever, that's all. You'll be sleeping on the skin of a nightmare for the rest of your life."
#the naked kiss
#samuel fuller
#american cinema
#neo noir
#1964
#constance towers
#anthony eisley
#michael dante
#virginia grey
#patsy kelly
#betty bronson
#marie devereux
#karen conrad
#linda francis
#barbara perry
#walter mathews
#betty robinson
#jean michel michenaud
#patty robinson
#paul dunlap
#sally mills
#edy williams
#not sure anyone trod that finest of lines between significant artistry and greasy exploitation quite like Fuller; no other American‚ at any
#rate. he's in fully calculating mode here‚ holding the reins tight so that this never quite tips into fullblown melodrama even at its most
#histrionic and exaggerated. not his most accomplished nor his most well constructed work‚ but a hell of a film nonetheless: his treatments
#of sex work and mental health might flag as a little problematic by today's standards‚ but for 1964 they're groundbreaking‚ as is the power
#the agency and the sheer self determination he affords his lead (a powerhouse performance from Towers). jolts the viewer with a hard left
#turn in the third act that i genuinely couldn't have anticipated‚ and which in the hands of a lesser director might have felt schlocky or
#gratuitous‚ but here works perfectly to solidify his themes of sickness and culpability and to underline Towers' characters' arc and
#personality. a highly unusual‚ grim and queasy look at the festering underbelly of the faux US suburban idyll
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