There's No Place Like Movies at Home: Dark Passage

 Hey, if I just get this one done this year that is far better than I have done in the last few years. However, I am so close to being done with the dramas. I have one more film after this one that is a drama and then I will hit a nice string of musical. I cannot wait! 

A criminal escapes from prison. The man hunt starts for a one Mr. Vincent Perry as he is rolling in a barrel on the side of the road. One hitchhike gone wrong later, he meet Irene. A young woman who knows everything about him and his case. Who will do anything she can to get him to safety. That includes hiding him, giving him some cash to get around, and also playing nurse after he gets a surgery done to change his face to the police won't be able to find him. 

I'm not going to lie, when I first put this movie on I was very confused. It was about a third of the way through the movie before we aver saw Mr. Bogart's face. It's one of the first, and very few, films that was ever filmed from a character full point of view. What Mr. Bogart is looking at is what we see. If he reaches out his hand for somethin we see the hand come out like we would see out own hand moving. It was very odd! It felt like you do when playing an RPG. However odd it was it was really fascinating to see a movie from 1947 take on a challenge like that. It was a risk, even if it was only for a short bit of the film. It' all wasn't that way during that part. Anytime they showed Mr. Bogart's body they showed him from behind or they put his face in shadow. The reason is because we aren't supposed to know that he looked like before he went under the knife. Then after he was done you saw his whole face as we have come to know it. 

As much as these types of Noir films are hard to watch, it's hard to ignore just how much Bogie and Becall love each other. Even with the age gap, and the difficulties that they faced to be together, you can tell it was something wonderful and true. 

It did take me two days to watch this movie because it felt like it was so long. I am hoping that the last film will be the best one and be more entertaining that these other one. I won't say I would not watch these movies again but I would really have to be in the mood. I am hoping to knock the next one out soon and then get back on track with some really good movie!