Reality on the run (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} cahiers_du_2006) wrote,@ 2009-07-01 19:03:00 |
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His Girl Friday (Howard Hawks, 1940)
I really should have created a Ben Hecht tag.
This one always puts me in a good mood. I love old Hollywood class and cynicism. The America in it is corrupt and theiving and fun. I like when Grant and Hildey are on the phones drowning each other out. the way the voices overlap.
I like the silence when they show the gallows. The use of shadow. The certainty of death and the cold detachment of the reporters who just want the story. What fun.
