tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post1507257760093429619..comments2024-03-22T14:34:39.101-04:00Comments on MONDO 70: A Wild World of Cinema: DAY OF THE OUTLAW (1959)Samuel Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-81718474736489586062013-06-23T19:39:02.904-04:002013-06-23T19:39:02.904-04:00Shubhajit, noir is in the bloodstream of the "...Shubhajit, noir is in the bloodstream of the "adult western" thanks to the input of Anthony Mann, but Day of the Outlaw is a relatively late and admirable expression of it from De Toth, who did at least one great noir himself in <i>Crime Wave.</i><br /><br />For a second opinion, <a href="http://cliched-monologues.blogspot.com/2013/06/day-of-outlaw-1959.html" rel="nofollow">here's Shubhajit's characteristically concise review of Day of the Outlaw</a> at his always-readable Cinemascope blog.Samuel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-37074144771427011172013-06-21T13:43:52.954-04:002013-06-21T13:43:52.954-04:00I absolutely loved the film. There have been a few...I absolutely loved the film. There have been a few Westerns made with noirish overtones, but this was the best amalgamations of the two in my reckoning. I particularly loved the dizzying camera work in the bar dance sequence, more so given the bleakness it was followed by. It in fact reminded me a lot of the bar dance sequences in a few of Bela Tarr's films - Satantango in particularly - though they were certainly nowhere as kinetic & adrenaline-pumping as the one here.Shubhajithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02040495040897333606noreply@blogger.com