A Tally of Mayhem, part 1
Thursday, May 11, 2006
Anyway, here's the The Tally of Mayem, an extraction of all the bloody parts in the Film Forum's B-Noir series:
A Tally of Mayhem, part 1
Howard Duff takes a beating as the front credits roll. Howard Duff takes a photograph of a man drowning in his car. He tells him, "Stick your head out of the window. That's right, now raise your arms." Howard Duff takes a picture of Lawrence Tierney wiring a bomb into a car. When Tierney leaves, he sticks around and waits for the victim to show. He lights the scene perfectly in preparation. Howard Duff takes a picture of his own murderer--it's front page news.
Isabell Jewell talks about how wide Lawrence Tierney's shoulders are and how she's planning to make him jealous by stepping out with her ex. Lawrence Tierney murders them both in her kitchen that night. Claire Trevor sees the bodies lying on the floor but decides not to call the police. Elisha Cook holds a knife to an old lady's throat but gets stabbed by Lawrence Teirney instead. Claire Trevor gets shot by Lawrence Tierney as Lawrence Tierney gets shot by the police.
Someone takes a shot at the meatpacking heiress but hits the window instead. Lawrence Tierney gets a blackjack to the head and wakes up next to his boss in a car as a speeding train hurtles toward them. Someone is described as having gone through "the hogsaw." The nephew of the meatpacking heiress shoots the foreman, tries to shoot Pricilla Lane, and gets beat up instead.
posted by Greg Purcell @ 11:06 PM,
