Sweet Smell of Success
After a long and brilliant career in traditional English comedy, Alexander Mackendrick decided to move to the States in 1957 in order to make his US debut. Having enjoyed commercial and critical success with films like "The Man in the White Suit" and "The Ladykillers", the Scottish director came face to face with his most bitter filmmaking experience, as the deeply amoral "Sweet Smell of Success" only met with distaste by audience and critics alike.
After a long and brilliant career in traditional English comedy, Alexander Mackendrick decided to move to the States in 1957 in order to make his US debut. Having enjoyed commercial and critical success with films like "The Man in the White Suit" and "The Ladykillers", the Scottish director came face to face with his most bitter filmmaking experience, as the deeply amoral "Sweet Smell of Success" only met with distaste by audience and critics alike. Fifty years down the line, this marvelous film remains the darkest, most cynical and most current masterpiece ever to come out of classic Hollywood, occupying a prominent position in the top 100 list in postwar cinema. This noir portrait of corruption and decay tells the story of a unscrupulous social climber (Tony Curtis in the best role of his career), who becomes the lackey of an all-powerful but essentially man-hating gossip editor played by the unforgettable Burt Lancaster, wielding great power over both social and media circles in New York City. L.K.
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Σκηνοθεσία / Director: Alexander Mackendrick
Σενάριο / Screenwriters: Ernest Lehman, Clifford Odets
Φωτογραφία / DoP: James Wong Howe
Μουσική / Music: Elmer Bernstein
Μοντάζ / Editor: Alan Crosland Jr.
Ηθοποιοί / Principal Cast: Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison, Marty Milner
ΗΠΑ / USA
1957
Ασπρόμαυρο / B&W
96'
Αγγλικά / English
* Screened on September 23rd and September 28th
