Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Film: Gun Crazy

This movie was helpfully recommended by the great book, "1001 Movies You Must See." It's a wonderful read with many, many movies that I had no idea ever existed. Some are so obscure even the powerful Netflix doesn't have them, go get yourself this book and a Netflix subscription and enjoy some of these films. It's a treat.
"Gun Crazy" is a film noir from 1949 and begins with a twelve year old boy staring at a revolver in a store window. He's staring lovingly and longingly at it. He immediately takes a brick and smashes the display window to get at it. And that's just the first five minutes.
It gets darker and more intense from that point on. One of my favorite lines (it's corny but it's got flair) is when the main character is talking to his wife (they stick up stores together) and says "We go together like guns and ammunition." Another really dark but great line is when the main character has doubts about his life of crime but his wife drives him to it and he says something like, "This is all so unreal." He turns to his wife, "You're the only thing that's real. The rest is a nightmare." Good quality noir. Check it out.

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