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| A fool rushes in |
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| Interference |
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| A low trick |
Title: The Blue Dahlia
Year: 1946
Director: George Marshall
Format: Blu-ray
Label: Arrow Academy
Notes: A film noir I bought on spec due to the involvement of screenwriter Raymond Chandler and the fact this edition was published by the excellent Arrow Academy. Unfortunately it's only a moderately successful example of the genre despite entertaining throughout and looking pretty stylish with it.
Both leads were apparently cast for their chemistry and this is evident once they meet. However the stand out character for me is Buzz (William Bendix) with his unsubtly alluded to brain damage and related quirks. There are no real spoilers in saying he helps keep the red herrings and twists flow throughout the search for an explanation to the death of the film's femme fatale. It is the mystery of the unsolved murder that maintains dramatic interest until we finally learn the killer's identify but I think the film is stretched out for slightly too long.
The blu-ray looks OK but the print used shows damage throughout and a good restoration would have been helpful.
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