Detour (Criterion Collection) (Blu-ray)
When you want someone dead, which road would you choose?
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 9 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region A
- Released: March 19, 2019
- Originally Released: 1945
- Label: Criterion Collection
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Tom Neal & Ann Savage | |
Performer: | Tim Ryan, Claudia Drake, Edmund MacDonald, Pat Gleason & Esther Howard | |
Directed by | Edgar G. Ulmer | |
Composition by | Leo Erdody | |
Art Direction by | Edward C. Jewell | |
Produced by | Leon Fromkess | |
Director of Photography: | Benjamin H. Kline |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 1/4 --
Neither narrative is particularly compelling, but the road trip one has an edge, because travel's always fun.
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RogerEbert.com
Rating: 3/5 --
Goes down like sweet syrup. There's no reason to see this one in lieu of [U-Turn, Memento, The Last Seduction etc] but if you've seen those, you'll probably get on just fine with this. Like its characters, it puts on no airs or graces: it is what it is.
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ABC Radio (Australia)
Rating: C+ --
Detour is just film-school-ish synthesis, right down to the cinematography-midterm shot lit through venetian blinds and the anachronistic analog static on the motel room TV ...
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AV Club
Rating: 3.5/5 --
Even with all the nods and winks, the derivations and homages, Detour is good dirty fun.
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Sydney Morning Herald
A loving attempt to tackle a familiar genre, the film does everything it can to speed into new territory. Alas, it gets lost along the way.
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Concrete Playground
...One of the most revered 'B' cheapies...
USA Today
Rating: 3/5 --
Detour is not quite great, but it is one crazy mile along the road.
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Product Description:
Low budget director Edgar G. Ulmer cemented his reputation with this downbeat film noir masterpiece. It has since inspired countless filmmakers. The use of minimal sets and rear-screen projection gives a feeling of a claustrophobic nightmare as Al (Tom Neal) a down-and-out piano player, hitchhikes from New York to Los Angeles in order to be with his singer girlfriend (Claudia Drake). Fate has other plans for Al when he steps into the car of a character named Haskel (Edmund MacDonald), who promptly dies in his sleep one night while Al is driving. Afraid the cops will never believe the truth, Al takes Haskell's money, car, and identity, and tries to make it to Los Angeles, only to have fate intervene again when he picks up a mean-spirited female hitchhiker (Ann Savage).
This film is short, cramped and breathtaking, with no pause in its relentless rhythm of despair. Tom Neal's performance as the man snared in a web of fate is raw and real. Ann Savage is fierce. Ulmer's direction is hallucinatory and amazing. From a script by mystery writer Martin Goldsmith, this film demands repeat viewing by any serious student of cinema, or lover of movies.
This film is short, cramped and breathtaking, with no pause in its relentless rhythm of despair. Tom Neal's performance as the man snared in a web of fate is raw and real. Ann Savage is fierce. Ulmer's direction is hallucinatory and amazing. From a script by mystery writer Martin Goldsmith, this film demands repeat viewing by any serious student of cinema, or lover of movies.
Keywords:
Action
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Cult Film
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Suspense
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Thriller
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Vintage
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On-The-Road
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Film Noir
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Recommended
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Essential Cinema
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