#cris cross

[iknowthesugarplumfairy]

Original Muffs lineup

photo by Vicki Berndt

[zaynieshdieh]

new hyperfixation: skateboards and hunger games

[filmniller]

Criss Cross (1949)

2½ ud af 5 femmes fatales

Tiden har ikke været nænsom ved dette ellers lovpriste noir-melodrama instrueret af Robert Siodmak med den tidstypiske danske titel "Døden giver ikke rabat" og Burt Lancaster i en af sine første store roller. Ikke fordi Lancaster på nogen måde spiller dårligt, men historien er kluntet fortalt, og personudviklingen mangelfuld. Den obligatoriske svigefulde kvinde spilles (ikke særlig overbevisende) af Yvonne De Carlo, og der spildes megen tid på ligegyldig snak, før man omsider når frem til det pengetransportkup, der er omdrejningspunktet for det hele.

[countessbatman]

Diana & Bruce

[mykegreywolf]

Request: Cris Cross by MykeGreywolf

He's one handsome asshole, that's what he is.

[5starcinema]

Why We Watch: Cris Cross (1949, directed by Robert Siodmak)

In this film noir gem there are numerous reasons we are mesmerized. Director Robert Siodmak’s grim, Germanic flourishes (you won’t believe the bleakness of the film’s final minutes), stylish cinematography by Franz Planer, Los Angeles locations, and Daniel Fuchs’ coldhearted script constitute not just a superb thriller, but an entire other realm. 

Worth the price of admission, however, is a sterling musical “interlude” during which Lancaster feverishly observes Yvonne De Carlo dancing a hot rhumba to the pulsating rhythms of Esy Morales’ Latin combo (these guys find a groove and stay with it). The shots in this superb sequence convey the heated amour fou between the lead character (Burt Lancaster) and the object of his lust, and thus imbue a threatening, ritualistic mood to what should otherwise be a swinging night at the club. It’s a phenomenal music video, and nothing less. By the way, that handsome young devil who’s dancing with De Carlo? Never mind, you’ll recognize him instantly. But don’t look for his name in the credits.

[wohnmaus-blog]

Ich freue mich ja wirklich, die anderen Jungs und Cristiano endlich wieder zu sehen, aber er sieht im Moment einfach richtig, richtig, richtig furchtbar aus xD Diese Haut...