#6: The Lady in the Lake (1946)
I’ll be honest, the best part of this movie is Audrey Totter. There’s a reason she was one of the queens of B movies in the 1940s—she’s just incredible. She’s cold and calculating and absolutely gorgeous.
A lot of things about this movie are a little hard to judge because the cinematography is frankly just that distracting. Robert Montgomery invented first-person POV camera work for this movie and it’s a very impressive accomplishment. It also just takes over the whole thing.
The plot kind of follows the book, though it simplified the actual lake plot, which is kind of hilarious, and all of the romance between Marlowe and Adrienne Fromsett is completely made up.
Montgomery is a so-so Marlowe, he’s not the worst one to do it but he’s far from the best either. Again, I think a big part of that is that the cinematography keeps him so disconnected from the audience that you just don’t get to know him well and then his doing double-duty as the director kept him busy. The star of the film is really Totter, which is probably just as well.
Overall movie score: 3.5/5, mostly for Audrey Totter and the innovation in cinematography
Marlowe score: 3/5, Montgomery isn't bad, he just doesn't quite feel present; ironically his focus on the first-person POV made me feel detached from him as a character
Perry Mason score: 3/5, it's only Audrey Totter but she's just so incredible that she's worth 3 points all by herself
For a reminder of why I started this series and how I’m rating these movies, you can check out my master Marlowe post. I’ll be posting my reviews/rankings of the remaining Marlowe movies using the tag #Marlowe movies so if you’re interested, follow along!
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here's an example of the Kodak's text edit capabilities. I totally forgot I was dicking around with the feature while I was taking these pictures and accidentally made some diet weird core. just add some eyes with wings and a few mushrooms and we're in business. put the text in red, too.
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Dark alien sun shine down on us! "BLACK PYRAMID TOUR 2023-2025", here are the first confirmed dates 🔥🖤🔥
02 September – Leipzig/Deutzen (NCN Festival)
17 November – London, England (229–The Venue)
09 December 2023 – Nuremberg, Germany (Cult)
10 December 2023 – Vienna, Austria (Replugged)
12 December 2023 – Frankfurt a. M. (Nachtleben)
14 December 2023 – Hannover, Germany (Lux)
15 December 2033 – Erfurt, Germany (Hell) *day 1
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28 December 2023 – Oberhausen, Germany (KultTempel) *fan-meeting with the band
29 December 2023 – Oberhausen, Germany (KultTempel)
24 Feb. 2024 – Berlin, Germany (Columbia Theatre)
29 July 2024 – Cologne, Germany (Amphi Festival)
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Haikyuu: The Dumpster Battle was so fun! 🥹 Most of the characters in the match were friends and had trained together so it was lovely to see them compliment, respect and tease each other across the net! At first, I was worried that the heartwarming atmosphere would chip away at the tension but it didn't. The character development was as satisfying as ever, too. AAAAAAA!
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