Tags
Language
Tags
<<
April 2024
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
31 1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30 1 2 3 4
  1. Home
  2. Movies

The Naked Kiss (1964) [The Criterion Collection #18 Reissue] [ReUp]

Posted By: Someonelse
Date: 17 Feb 2015 14:07:00
The Naked Kiss (1964) [The Criterion Collection #18 Reissue] [ReUp]

The Naked Kiss (1964) [Reissue]
DVD9 | ISO+MDS | NTSC 16:9 | 01:30:47 | 7,52 Gb
Audio: English AC3 1.0 @ 384 Kbps | Subs: English SDH
Genre: Crime, Drama | The Criterion Collection #18

Director: Samuel Fuller
Stars: Constance Towers, Anthony Eisley, Michael Dante

The setup is pure pulp: A former prostitute (a crackerjack Constance Towers) relocates to a buttoned-down suburb, determined to fit in with mainstream society. But in the strange, hallucinatory territory of writer-director-producer Samuel Fuller, perverse secrets simmer beneath the wholesome surface. Featuring radical visual touches, full-throttle performances, brilliant cinematography by Stanley Cortez, and one bizarrely beautiful musical number, The Naked Kiss is among Fuller’s greatest, boldest entertainments.

IMDB | Criterion | Wikipedia | Rotten Tomatoes

Samuel Fuller's The Naked Kiss, much like Shock Corridor which preceeded it, presents the viewer with a dissection of the mores of American Society as presented in countless melodrama. Like Shock Corridor, it was also initially banned by the BBFC and is presented here uncut.

The Naked Kiss is a remarkable film. It takes a fairly simple premise; a former 'good-time girl' tries to make a straight life for herself, and twists it almost beyond recognition and uses the tools of melodrama to do the twisting. Before the 'good-time girl', Kelly, gives up her former life, and embarks upon a career as a nurse, she has one last monetary fling with a chap who turns out to be the chief of police and best friend of a Korean War hero called Griff whom Kelly eventually falls in love with. Be warned, however, nothing in this film is quite as it seems, and there are plot twists aplenty including one that'll really pull the carpet from underneath you the first time you see it.

The Naked Kiss (1964) [The Criterion Collection #18 Reissue] [ReUp]

This is a film that really underlines Fuller's genius. The opening sequence, where Kelly is shown attacking a man for reasons that become clear later, is one of the most powerful, and shocking, openings ever filmed. Indeed, there are a number of scenes in which the violence shocks due it coming, as in real life, without hint of a build up and just exploding into the frame. The cinematography, by Stanley Cortez, is wonderful, the sets are draped with expressionistic shadows and darkness, that emphasise the dark, seedy corners into which Fuller is peering. At times, it almost reaches the neo-expressionist plateaus reached by The Night Of The Hunter; no surprise, as Cortez also worked on that film.

The Naked Kiss (1964) [The Criterion Collection #18 Reissue] [ReUp]

The real meat of the film is Fuller's deconstruction of American small town life as presented in melodrama; decades before Blue Velvet or Far From Heaven, this film is equally as successful as the former and far more so than the latter in achieving it's aims. The archetypes of film convention are turned on their heads, the Police Chief is amoral and hypocritical and the prostitute becomes the savior of the children she cares for in her role as nurse. Fuller enjoys shocking his audience, and one of the main themes of this film is that of the quest for truth and how it's appearance depends largely on where we are standing and this is toyed with again and again. When we first meet Kelly, it is notable that she is a saleswoman, and here really is an archetype of American drama; that this is a cover for her dubious sexual profession is a clever statement on the lies and duplicity that a capitalist society dresses it's ills in.

The Naked Kiss (1964) [The Criterion Collection #18 Reissue] [ReUp]

Constance Towers is superb as Kelly, and it’s a gift of a part for any actress. Kelly is strong, has morals, is an intellectual force of nature. She is infinitely more interesting and dynamic than any of the male characters she interacts with. In the film, she struggles against constraints, namely rising above and out of the role men have decided for her. At the films conclusion, there is only one course for her to take and Fuller's use of the conventions of melodrama is quite stunning.

The Naked Kiss (1964) [The Criterion Collection #18 Reissue] [ReUp]

The soundtrack is also worth highlighting; consisting of three themes, there's the hot jazz of the seedy lowlife, classical as represented by the Moonlight Sonata and the films score, the rising strains of melodrama and these represent the spaces in the text that Kelly inhabits and travels through in the course of the narrative. The different spheres they represent are open and closed to the character depending upon the point in the narrative they are used. It's wonderfully intricate, and there is much for the student of film to be learned from it.

The Naked Kiss (1964) [The Criterion Collection #18 Reissue] [ReUp]

The Naked Kiss is essential viewing for anyone interested in film. It's tightly written and will grip from start to finish. The performances exceptional and the multi-layered themes are intelligently presented. This one will stand up to, nay demand repeat viewings.
The Digital Fix
The Naked Kiss (1964) [The Criterion Collection #18 Reissue] [ReUp]

Special Features:
- New, restored digital transfer
- New video interview with star Constance Towers by film historian and filmmaker Charles Dennis
- Excerpts from a 1983 episode of The South Bank Show dedicated to director Samuel Fuller
- Interview with Fuller from a 1967 episode of the French television series Cinéastes de notre temps
- Interview with Fuller from a 1987 episode of the French television series Cinéma cinémas
- Original theatrical trailer

All Credits goes to Original uploader.

No More Mirrors, Please.

Just My Blog!


C192F73DFA9485E7D5EA24DF218530C6 *Crit018re.avaxhome.ru.part01.rar
279A9C3621207AB93A09BCDD7A320F05 *Crit018re.avaxhome.ru.part02.rar
528263F695B1AA0B963784770971EDA9 *Crit018re.avaxhome.ru.part03.rar
AEC343771DA5EBD564806C8DB0F81FF8 *Crit018re.avaxhome.ru.part04.rar
A84F371A28953431C9D787D8AA6E49B8 *Crit018re.avaxhome.ru.part05.rar
07D4E191E16961DD74FC06C5C500BA95 *Crit018re.avaxhome.ru.part06.rar
B0BABFA5C11C888DFB079E45189FE3EB *Crit018re.avaxhome.ru.part07.rar
25D52681AC19FF9EE25524B22A7999D2 *Crit018re.avaxhome.ru.part08.rar
31A58C09E36401D85BE916E0B1DAA72E *Crit018re.avaxhome.ru.part09.rar
4BF069CAF5C96CA26AFDFCAB34D03B7D *Crit018re.avaxhome.ru.part10.rar
2811743D827C65497B2E70F5CE08A08B *Crit018re.avaxhome.ru.part11.rar
EFBCD7D9D34ACEAA423B33677118099D *Crit018re.avaxhome.ru.part12.rar
F6A52F4A9AA861F2ECA4300A303B0C51 *Crit018re.avaxhome.ru.part13.rar
3EFC7F3759A0CC45D72E3906B751F81E *Crit018re.avaxhome.ru.part14.rar
Download:



pass: www.AvaxHome.ru

Interchangable links.
Download full movie The Naked Kiss (1964) [The Criterion Collection #18 Reissue] [ReUp]
Subtitles (from opensubtitles.org)
UPWARDS