tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post6911303583550074072..comments2024-03-28T18:21:09.285-05:00Comments on Rough Edges: Movies I've Missed (Until Now): Club HavanaJames Reasonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-39457777096853008272009-12-18T21:23:40.974-06:002009-12-18T21:23:40.974-06:00Great post, James. Thanks to you I have a copy and...Great post, James. Thanks to you I have a copy and hope to get to it next week. The difference between Ulmer and many of the B directors is that he PRETENDED to have large budget, doing camera set-ups that were damned difficult particularly on his five day shoots. I saw the film Rittser mentioned. I always pictured Ulmer as this quiet, introspective guy who accepted his lot with humility. Uh-uh. He was a true artist with a true artist's ego and love for the grand statement. I was wrong when I said Gale Storm had a dance number in it. That's the problem with a drink and drugged memory of forty years ago (or so), the last time I saw it. Come to think of it maybe that Gale Storm dance number was in Ben-Hur. I haven't seen that for forty years either..Ed Gormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06126267358266480356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-13711830668509212582009-12-17T18:54:46.831-06:002009-12-17T18:54:46.831-06:00Didn't almost all movies of that era include a...Didn't almost all movies of that era include a night club scene?Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-70417073763741078892009-12-16T22:58:29.816-06:002009-12-16T22:58:29.816-06:00A funny thing about this movie is that I think the...A funny thing about this movie is that I think the mustache on Tom Neal makes him look like a gigolo. A short, unsophisticated gigolo, but a gigolo nonetheless.<br /><br />For Ulmer fans who haven't seen it, I'd recommend renting the documenarty "Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen." I won't reveal any of it's juicy secrets, but will just say that Ulmer's daughter explodes two <br />long-standing myths--one<br />about "Detour" and one about why her father worked for poverty row studios for most of his career.<br /><br />Great description of a not-easy-to-describe movie, James.Rittsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08145597443811879849noreply@blogger.com