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Detour

1945, Movie, NR, 67 mins

DETOUR
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Detour puts the noir in film noir. Utilizing "night-for-night" cinematography, this amazingly dark genre landmark from German expatriate director Edgar G. Ulmer unfolds with the logic of a nightmare as Al Roberts (Tom Neal) recounts in voice-over the unlikely chain of events that landed him in a purgatorial diner in the middle of nowhere. A triumph of talent and inspiration over budget, it was made on the cheap by a Poverty Row studio in just six days. Read the complete review for Detour
Year: 1945
Rated NR

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Cast
Tom Neal: Al Roberts
Ann Savage: Vera
Claudia Drake: Sue
Edmund MacDonald: Charles Haskell, Jr.
Tim Ryan: Diner Proprietor
Esther Howard: Hedy

 

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DVD Tuesday A Detour into existential misery Edgar G Ulmers noir road movie is a trip down the highway to hellThe danger in shining a spotlight on a movie like Detour 1945 is that people will expect too much of the wrong things from it Which isnt to say I think Edgar G Ulmers nightmarish story of a cross-country drive into the heart of darkness is anything short of great Its haunted me for years and I can watch it over and over But Ive heard people complain that they couldnt get past the studio-bound sets and rear projection They never really bought into it because it didnt look real Id argue however that its air of unreality of disconnection from normal life is part of its greatness Ulmer took the liabilities of no money and a six-day shooting schedule and figured out a way to make them assets Detour has the feverish logic of a nightmare and features both a strikingly unlikable hero and a femme fatale whos nothing short of demonic C read more

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