Saturday, January 19, 2013

The Stranger (1946)

After a rocky first fifteen minutes or so (for example, what was the significance of the broken smoking pipes?), this movie ramps up the tension and keeps it at a steady level throughout the duration of the film. Not a moment goes by without some additional intrigue or development happening in the story.

The limited characters and locations automatically give the film an extremely claustrophobic feel while the tension of the main plot is drawn out, piece by piece, drawing the film to its inevitable - though we constantly feel - possibly unattainable conclusion.

In short, there is nothing not to like here.

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