Irene and Ernesto, an atheist, are separated. One day Leonardo, their little son who lives with his mother, is outside under the watchful eye of Irene, who is indoors. The child, distressed, is saying that he wants to be left alone. Irene attends to him, asking him what the problem is. Leonardo tells his mother […]
Daily Archives: April 2, 2008
Filmed on location in the Big Apple, Jules Dassin’s very moving black-and-white The Naked City is routinely categorized as a film noir. It is nothing of the sort. Most of it unfolds in daylight, there is no femme fatale, nor is there shadowy moral complexity (except that some criminals draw the line at murder), and […]
Dennis Grunes 