so, Gish fires one shot at Mitchum and he goes squawking into the barn like a cartoon rooster? mysteriously unsatisfying climax, and someone on the Criterion commentary says as much.
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 8 March 2012 12:17 (twelve years ago) link
That whole sequence is perfectly filmed.
― Eric H., Thursday, 8 March 2012 12:31 (twelve years ago) link
just disappointingly conceived?
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 8 March 2012 12:43 (twelve years ago) link
Not really disappointing by my estimation.
― Eric H., Thursday, 8 March 2012 12:46 (twelve years ago) link
I regard this as one of the two or three closest things to a perfect movie.
Chiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiillllldreeennnn.....
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 8 March 2012 14:25 (twelve years ago) link
I MUST see this movie again! Soon.....
― *tera, Thursday, 8 March 2012 23:26 (twelve years ago) link
I've never really done too much hard thinking about it, but the ending certainly seems deliberate in its effect--Gish's character is certainly as archetypal as Mitchum's in that respect...
― ryan, Thursday, 8 March 2012 23:36 (twelve years ago) link
Just found the book Night of the Hunter on a bargain table and read it; it's actually very good and it turns out the movie is a REALLY faithful adaptation.
― Lily Dale, Monday, 18 November 2019 03:46 (four years ago) link
This is true and was trying to remember it when somebody said something similar on the thread about The Maltese Falcon.
― Irae Louvin (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 18 November 2019 03:57 (four years ago) link