Wednesday, August 22, 2012
THE FLY (1958)
This film is a little slowly paced, it has rather dated
special effects and even the actors in the movie had a hard time keeping a
straight face when filming its most famous moment. Of course, for a modern
audience another odd thing about THE FLY is that Vincent Price is
neither the monster nor a villain in the story. Hell, most of his screen time
is taken up with him doing nothing more than worrying about his brother or his
sister in law. How did such an atypical monster movie become so well known and
well remembered? I believe it is quiet qualities like literate dialog, solid
acting and a horrifying central idea that make THE FLY a great old
science fiction film. Those elements and the somewhat staged, mannered way in
which the film (and its sequel) is shot, makes it both a product of the '50s
and a fascinating snapshot of an attempt to make a science fiction/horror flick
something more than just ray guns and things from another world. THE FLY isn't
much more than a step above earlier giant bug movies, but it's a significant
step. Even though I've seen this movie 20 times or more, the film's charms
always grab me so that whenever I watch it, I'm caught up in the tale all over
again.
Labels:
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