Cinematheque: Nicholas Ray
On Dangerous Ground (USA, 1952, 35mm, 82 min. Directed by Nicholas Ray With Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Ward Bond)
Event Details
Date
Friday, September 2, 2011
Time
7 p.m.
Location
UW Cinematheque, 4070, Vilas Hall
Description
A big city cop with sadistic tendencies (Ryan) is sent out of town to a remote, mountainous countryside, where he's tasked with apprehending the killer of a young girl. Away from his daily urban grind, the cop is touched by the compassion of the killer's blind sister (Lupino). This underrated Ray masterpiece begins as a hardboiled film noir, but winds up more closely resembling Murnau's Sunrise, in both its contrast of urban versus provincial life and its visual expressiveness.
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