Laura DVD French imaginative modern cinema

imaginative modern cinema

'Rear Window' Director: Alfred Hitchcock (1954)

Sensitively made film which uses non-professional actors - drawing on their experiences to form the characters and story

When a secret service agent is murdered his partner obsessively hunts down the psychopathic killer responsible across L

he is told of the gruesome story of the last samurai who made the same request - but Hanshiro will not be moved

Laura DVD French imaginative modern cinema'Laura' Director: Otto Preminger (1944) The murder of a high society Manhattanite beauty (Gene Tierney) is investigated by a tough police detective (Dana Andrews) who begins to fall in love with her through the portrait which hangs in her apartment. The suspects include an effete snobbish friend (Clifton Webb) and a slithery fianc (Vincent Price). A truly great film noir, beautifully photographed, that is full of moral ambiguity and sharp dialogue.