91 mins |
Rated
TBC
The Tarnished Angels
(Douglas Sirk, 1958, 91 min)
Sat Sept 16, 4:00 pm
Tue Sept 19, 7:00 pm
Douglas Sirk took a vacation from Ross Hunter and Technicolor for this 1958 production, though he retained Rock Hudson, who turns in an astonishingly good performance as a journalist fascinated by the sordid lives of a trio of professional stunt fliers (Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone, and Jack Carson). Based on a minor novel by William Faulkner (Pylon), the film betters the book in every way, from the quality of characterization to the development of the dark, searing imagery. Made in black-and-white CinemaScope, the film doesn’t survive on television; it should be seen in a theater or not at all. (Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader)
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The Tarnished Angels
(Douglas Sirk, 1958, 91 min)
Sat Sept 16, 4:00 pm
Tue Sept 19, 7:00 pm
Douglas Sirk took a vacation from Ross Hunter and Technicolor for this 1958 production, though he retained Rock Hudson, who turns in an astonishingly good performance as a journalist fascinated by the sordid lives of a trio of professional stunt fliers (Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone, and Jack Carson). Based on a minor novel by William Faulkner (Pylon), the film betters the book in every way, from the quality of characterization to the development of the dark, searing imagery. Made in black-and-white CinemaScope, the film doesn’t survive on television; it should be seen in a theater or not at all. (Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader)
