Out of the Past (1947) - Movie Review 

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Thank you for reviewing this masterpiece ! Out of the past is truly one of the greatest Noir films of all time. I don't know to what extent you might agree with this analysis but some movie critics interpreted this film as the clash between quite and peaceful rural america symbolized by Virginia Huston's character against dangerous mysterious and gorgeous urban america symbolized by Jane Greer's character. Furthermore, Out of the past would become an influential film as it would later be referenced in many other works including the soviet film "The cranes are flying" (1957) and "Night of the living dead" (1968) This is truly an incredible movie thanks again for your great review !

This movie ranks up there with "Double Indemnity" on the short list of the greatest film noir movies. Robert Mitchum and Bogey are my favorite film noir detectives. Loved the banter and the one-liners, like this one from Robert Mitchum to Jane Greer: "You're like a leaf that the wind blows from one gutter to another." FYI: In an interview, Jane Greer let us know what made her character such a deadly femme fatale. Jacque Tourneur's direction to her was this: "In the first half of the movie, you're the good girl. In the second half, you're the bad girl." Needless to say, her performance as Kathie Moffatt was memorable. Thanks again for another great review. By the way, have you reviewed Barbara Stanwyck in "Sorry, Wrong Number" (1948)? Her performance in it gained her an Oscar nomination.

Never saw a bad movie with Mitchum ..on screen off screen..a man’s man ..

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I really dig into this channel! Your reviews always are so pleasant to hear. In my opinion this is one of the best movies EVER made. It's ASTOUNDING!

Again a great review ,thanks, Robert Miichum is a very fine actor

A real classic. Love it. I like parts of the 1980s remake Against All Odds too.

Another great movie!! And another excellent review! Thanks!

Top of the list of my film noir favorites. I only wish Rhonda Fleming played the Kathie Moffat character, not Jane Greer. Rhonda Fleming is so hot, man!

When they were filming it, Mitchum quipped that when they mimeographed the script they lost a couple of pages!

Good to see you Rob

One of my favorite noirs.

#1 Noir for me

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Good review - although I think that you should have given a spoiler warning, and then you should have analysed the great ending and how it could be interpreted! Especially the important role of The Kid! Is there someone else who feels that The Kid isn't quite real? He seems to be a bit of a magical creature - like a guardian angel. Who else could smell evil intentions immediately and eliminate an antagonist just by throwing a fishing hook at him? 😊 Spoiler alert: I agree, that Jane Greer's Katie Moffat isn't the typical ice cold femme fatale. Earlier in her life she had made the huge mistake to hook up with the wrong guy - a rich but totally amoral and possessive gangster boss who could hold a grudge as long as an elefant, and who couldn't accept that she wanted to move on. And Katie definitely wanted to move on and start a new life! Otherwise she wouldn't have shot at her criminal sugar daddy and then absconded to Mexico in order to start a new life with a tidy bundle of money which she had stolen from her ex. I also think that she truly fell in love with the attractive private detective whose job it was to find and then reunite her with her ex who had unfortunately survived the shooting. But Katie also has a very pronounced instinct of self-preservation, and throughout the whole complicated narrative she always does what is best for herself, and this means that she has to switch sides constantly. She doesn’t want to be tried for having killed the former business partner of her attractive PI, she wants to be free from her vindictive gangster boss, she wants to have enough cash for a fresh start - and she wants to start her new life with her private investigator whom she certainly loves more than her crime boss! Therefore she shoots her gangster boyfriend - this time fatally - and she tries to blackmail her attractive PI into running away with her by framing him for a couple of murders he hasn't committed. She thinks that she has successfully eliminated all other options for her man - but she hasn't realized that he wasn't under her spell anymore! He had actually stopped loving Katie after she had shot his former business partner in cold blood! And in his new life as a gas station owner he has fallen deeply and sincerely in love with another woman and he isn't willing to run away with Katie! He was only playing along in order to figure out how to get out of this mess! He is actually willing to give himself up, and therefore he informs the police about their plans. Katie hadn't seen this coming, and all her scheeming couldn't save her anymore. I think that we can indeed feel a bit sorry for her!

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Thanks for revealing the whole plot bozo