Superstition Mountain
Fake mountain, real cinema. S. Sylvan Simon (and George Marshall) and LUST FOR GOLD, in this fortnight’s edition of The Forgotten, over at The Notebook.
Fake mountain, real cinema. S. Sylvan Simon (and George Marshall) and LUST FOR GOLD, in this fortnight’s edition of The Forgotten, over at The Notebook.
April 11, 2019 at 9:15 pm
“A femme fatale [baker] who overcharges for her buns” — bravo!
Saw this aeons ago, and have little memory outside of having liked it. I’ve always been drawn to noir-western hybrids. More, I dare say, than to many normative examples of prairie Americana.
April 11, 2019 at 9:57 pm
Kind of agree, which may be what I like best in Anthony Mann’s westerns.
October 1, 2019 at 1:37 am
Thank you for acknowledging Mr. Simon’s significance as a filmmaker. You may be interested to learn about this forthcoming book on his life and career: https://davidctucker.blogspot.com/2019/09/new-book-on-s-sylvan-simon-in-2020.html