1950 · noir · romance · drama
In a Lonely Place
Directed by Nicholas Ray1h 33m1950
A violent screenwriter and a female neighbor fall in love after she clears him of murder, but she begins to have second thoughts.
Our read: In a Lonely Place (1950) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded noir · romance · drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, measured, measured noir / romance, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
- heavy
- measured
- intense
- bleak
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