Tonight’s movie watching
Jul. 9th, 2022 11:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vivdunstanTonight’s movie watching - and we managed all 80 minutes or so in one sitting - was the 1950 thriller So Long At The Fair starring Jean Simmons and Dirk Bogarde. I’d last seen this movie in the 1980s, catching it by chance one afternoon while flicking through television channels. It made a big impression on me, but I haven’t seen it again until tonight.
It’s set in Paris at the 1889 Exposition Universelle, the story of a disappearance, and the increasing mystery surrounding it. It’s a very well constructed thriller, directed by later frequent Hammer director Terence Fisher. The entire cast impresses. I found it as enjoyable the second time around. Martin enjoyed it too.
Rating 5/5. A really nicely done historical thriller with a superb central mystery and great cast and direction.
It’s set in Paris at the 1889 Exposition Universelle, the story of a disappearance, and the increasing mystery surrounding it. It’s a very well constructed thriller, directed by later frequent Hammer director Terence Fisher. The entire cast impresses. I found it as enjoyable the second time around. Martin enjoyed it too.
Rating 5/5. A really nicely done historical thriller with a superb central mystery and great cast and direction.