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<\/a><\/p>\n\nThe Criterion Collection’s release of Charles Vidor’s Gilda<\/i> came out this week. You can order it here.<\/a> <\/p>\n Special features include: commentary track by critic Richard Schickel, interview with Film Noir guru Eddie Mueller, plus a couple of wonderful heart-warming clips from Martin Scorsese and Baz Luhrmann about how much the 1946 film continues to inspire them. And there’s more!<\/p>\n I wrote an essay on Gilda<\/i> for the release, focusing on its impact at the time (and still), as well as the nature of Rita Hayworth’s breakthrough role (explosive, a kind of stardom that cannot be predicted or even planned for) and how much Gilda<\/i> changed everything for her. I talk about her famous entrance, captured in the gif above.<\/p>\n Criterion just put my essay up on its site, so go check it out!<\/p>\n “The Long Shadow of Gilda<\/i>“<\/a>, Criterion Collection. <\/big><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Criterion Collection’s release of Charles Vidor’s Gilda came out this week. You can order it here. Special features include: commentary track by critic Richard Schickel, interview with Film Noir guru Eddie Mueller, plus a couple of wonderful heart-warming clips … Continue reading