She asks, “What else do you do, besides shoot?”

He replies, “It’s been enough so far.”

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8 Responses to She asks, “What else do you do, besides shoot?”

  1. Lisa says:

    His lips are mesmerizing.

  2. red says:

    Yes. I believe she thinks so, too. Which is part of her problem.

  3. Ed Howard says:

    Nice. Hard to imagine a better set of caps to convey the feel of this movie: constant motion, hysteria, lust, desperation. I especially love the faded foggy quality of that last image. Such a great movie.

  4. red says:

    Ed – I just love the feral quality of their relationship – from the get-go. And how the movie is true to that relationship, up until the last second. It’s brutal. There seems to be one scene that might have been added to please the censorship powers-that-be – they’re in a motel room on the beach in Santa Monica and they both talk about their guilt. That scene stands out for me as the only thing that is “off”. I’d like to know the story behind that scene.

    I’m obsessed with this movie.

    I love how she eats the hamburger in that divey joint. She doesn’t eat it like a starlet would. She devours it in huge bites, like an animal. She’s so fantastic.

  5. red says:

    Oh, and that last scene creeps me out no matter how many times I have seen it. The fog, the not-knowing who is out there … It’s been imitated so much it’s hard to SEE it sometimes, but man, it is so effective.

  6. Phil P says:

    For the benefit of the benighted and the uninitiated, what movie is this?

  7. red says:

    Phil – Gun Crazy, from 1950 – starring Peggy Cummins and John Dall, directed by Joseph Lewis. Fantastic film, really influential – Bonnie and Clyde, Badlands – all of those “murderous duo” movies that seemed to become so popular from the 60s and 70s on – all owe a huge debt to Gun Crazy.

    Check it out! I’m working on a big post about it, but offline writing has taken up my time at the moment – so I just wanted to start the ball rolling.

  8. red says:

    And look for the really famous shot – all in one take – shot from the back seat of a car as a robbery takes place. It’s brilliant!!

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