WHIRLPOOL (1949)

Description: “The same themes and the same cool style as in Laura and Angel Face are at work in this portrait of the wealthy and sophisticated cracking apart at the seams. A fine example of the way Preminger, on occasion, managed to deflect routine melodrama into something more personal and profound.” – Geoff Andrew, Time Out Film Guide “Offers a startlingly prescient depiction of the rise of pop psychology in everyday American life. Preminger’s powerful and masterfully controlled mise en scène reaches a zenith here.” – Adrian Martin, Film Noir: The Encyclopedia Mind games, both for its characters and the audience, fuel the mesmerizing suspense of Whirlpool (1949), a polished noir thriller reuniting director Otto Preminger with his Laura star Gene Tierney, giving one of her best performances as a mentally troubled socialite caught shoplifting – and ensnared in the dark scheme of a manipulative astrologer/hypnotist (José Ferrer) to frame her for murder. Richard Conte and Charles Bickford co-star as Tierney’s psychiatrist husband and the investigating police detective. Written for the screen by Ben Hecht (Spellbound, Where the Sidewalk Ends) and Andrew Solt (In a Lonely Place), and hauntingly scored by another Laura veteran, the great David Raksin. LANGUAGE: English VIDEO: 1080p High Definition / 1.33:1 AUDIO: English 2.0 DTS-HD MA / English 1.0 DTS-HD MA SUBTITLES: English SDH 1949 / B&W <97 MINUTES NOT RATED Special Features: Isolated Music Track / Audio Commentary with Film Historian Richard Schickel / Original Theatrical Trailer with Isolated Music Track

Price: 19.95 USD

Location: Linden, Virginia

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