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Criterion Close-Up – Episode 45 – In a Lonely Place & Humphrey Bogart Films

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English - July 27, 2016 12:00 - 97.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
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Mark and Aaron are joined by Matt Gasteier to explore Nicholas Ray's In a Lonely Place (1950) and evaluate Humphrey Bogart's body of work.

Mark and Aaron are joined by Matt Gasteier to explore Nicholas Ray’s In a Lonely Place (1950) and evaluate Humphrey Bogart’s body of work. We go into how Ray’s life informed the cinema, why he wasn’t celebrated during his time and subsequently appreciated later. We also go through Bogart’s entire career, from getting his lucky break to becoming a superstar.


About the film:


When a gifted but washed-up screenwriter with a hair-trigger temper—Humphrey Bogart, in a revelatory, vulnerable performance—becomes the prime suspect in a brutal Tinseltown murder, the only person who can supply an alibi for him is a seductive neighbor (Gloria Grahame) with her own troubled past. The emotionally charged In a Lonely Place, freely adapted from a Dorothy B. Hughes thriller, is a brilliant, turbulent mix of suspenseful noir and devastating melodrama, fueled by powerhouse performances. An uncompromising tale of two people desperate to love yet struggling with their demons and each other, this is one of the greatest films of the 1950s, and a benchmark in the career of the classic Hollywood auteur Nicholas Ray.

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Episode Links & Notes

Special Guest: Matt Gasteier from Criterion on the Brain and Criterion by Spine. You can follow him on Twitter.


0:00 – Welcome and New Music!


2:25 – Welcome Matt!


6:20 – Matt’s Criterion Connection


14:40 – In a Lonely Place


1:06 – Humphrey Bogart

Silent Film Music with Ben Model episode
The Criterion Chronology
Matt’s Essay about Bigger than Life
Aaron’s Essay about Bigger than Life
You Must Remember This – Bogie and Bacall

Episode Credits

Mark Hurne: Twitter | Letterboxd
Aaron West: Twitter | Blog | Letterboxd
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Music from Ben Model: Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

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