Dwayne Addison

[Dwayne Addison @DwayneAddi66321]

@Noirchick1 @jeffsabbagh1 You'd be in for a real treat. I saw Night of the Hunter on the big screen several years ago (the @FilmForumNYC had short block of Lillian Gish films). It was even more surreal than I remembered.

[Dwayne Addison @DwayneAddi66321]

Thanks for hosting this. Sunday evenings are always tough for me, but I appreciate always being on the contact list.
#BNoirDetour

[LGL 💋 @LISAGNO]

thanks everyone for joining tonight! #BNoirDetour #FilmNoir

[Dwayne Addison @DwayneAddi66321]

@LISAGNO IIRC, Bennett was in her 30s when she did "Woman In The Window" etc.. Maybe she felt that she had "aged" out of those roles by the late 1940s. Her next big film was "Father of The Bride" (IIRC) as the mother (again).

[Dwayne Addison @DwayneAddi66321]

The head blackmailer is on the scene. ☹️
#BNoirDetour
#TheRecklessMoment

[Dwayne Addison @DwayneAddi66321]

@LISAGNO @HeidyMo 🥸You were miles ahead of me. I've always only been able to do one thing at a time.

[Dwayne Addison @DwayneAddi66321]

What makes #TheRecklessMoment such an affecting movie - for me - is how Bennett's character multi-tasks: dealing with the blackmail issue on one hand and dealing with the normal day-to-day household issues on the other.
#BNoirDetour

[Dwayne Addison @DwayneAddi66321]

@phyll_indablank I don't know if I would call it love, but Martin has definitely has feelings for her - and her situation.

[Dwayne Addison @DwayneAddi66321]

I recall laughing at this scene of Bennett going through her expense book and seeing where she could save enough money. We've all been there.
#BNoirDetour
#TheRecklessMoment

[Dwayne Addison @DwayneAddi66321]

"You're quite the prisoner aren't you?"
Note how Mason is starting to express empathy for Mrs. Harper's situation. (perhaps more so than the other people around her).
#BNoirDetour
#TheRecklessMoment

[Dwayne Addison @DwayneAddi66321]

@analgesicsleep IIRC, the remake changes the child's gender (to the son) and the sexual nature of the relationship. I haven't seen it, but probably should at some point.

[Dwayne Addison @DwayneAddi66321]

@LISAGNO My pleasure. Bennett's performance in this film was used in a NPR discussion about Eddie Muller's book "Dark City Dames" last year. I was eager to see it and it did not dissapoint.

[Dwayne Addison @DwayneAddi66321]

I watched #TheRecklessMoment several weeks ago, and the Mason/Bennett relationship that develops was a real highlight for me.
#BNoirDetour

[Dawgg Daze @SwillDawgg]

Mason finally shows up I thought he would be the husband #BNoirDetour

[Dwayne Addison @DwayneAddi66321]

@LISAGNO Same. I don't recall it factoring into the plot.

[Dwayne Addison @DwayneAddi66321]

@LISAGNO I actually haven't seen those. Growing up, I knew Bennett mostly from the Dark Shadows TV show.

[Dwayne Addison @DwayneAddi66321]

This is one of Joan Bennett's best roles. #TheRecklessMoment is a kind of film-noir/women's picture hybrid IMO. The performances are outstanding.
#BNoirDetour

[Dwayne Addison @DwayneAddi66321]

The husband being away on business only serves to highlight just how "on her own" Bennett's character is. #BNoirDetour
#TheRecklessMoment

[Dwayne Addison @DwayneAddi66321]

@LISAGNO .. and a daughter of KAOS. 😂

[Dwayne Addison @DwayneAddi66321]

@TheMonologist Along with "Double Indemnity", "Out Of The Past" is hard to beat as an introduction to film noir.

[Dwayne Addison @DwayneAddi66321]

@LISAGNO ... and for those of us of a certain age almost remember the Herb Alpert cover version. 🤓
https://t.co/NFd2MsIhqz

[Dwayne Addison @DwayneAddi66321]

On the off chance that you (or anyone) might have missed John Walsh's 2024 book on the making of "The Third Man."
Recommended.
#FilmNoir

[LGL 💋 @LISAGNO]

#BNoirDetour #FilmNoir Krasker cinematography