Sunday, January 13, 2008

Gaslight (1944)

The story behind this film is a complex, confusing mess which goes between how it once-was-a-play, now-is-a-film, film-got-banned, worse-film-got-more-attention, now-good-film-is-better and completely fogs up what you're looking at. 

What you really need to know is, its quite a good movie. The device of the gas light works really well - not only that, but it sticks in the time frame as something which can't be done with todays electric ways. Watching the light flicker as the woman gets madder is completely gripping. A very good movie.

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