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1947 · noir · fugitive · first-person

Dark Passage

Directed by Delmer Daves1h 46m1947
ElsewhereIMDb7.523kRT90%Metacritic68TMDB7.3352
  • sombre
  • brisk
  • intense
Movie DNA

Sombre, kinetic, measured noir / fugitive, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.

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A man convicted of murdering his wife escapes from prison and works with a woman to try and prove his innocence.

Our read · Dark Passage (1947) reads as a sombre, kinetic, inventive noir · fugitive · first-person entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.

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You want Bogart-Bacall noir with a daring first-person San Francisco escape.

ends warmyou’ll feel glowing aftergrabs you earlygrips from the openattention 4/5earns its length
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

Skip it tonightYou dislike gimmicky POV camerawork or coincidence-heavy plotting.

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Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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