Saturday, November 14, 2009

Body and Soul (1947), Robert Rossen.

Ugh.  Flashbacks, montages, cliches ...  John Garfield is a beloved movie lefty of mine but story-wise this one reeks.


But it's visually interesting.  Boxing scenes, both in the ring and in the locker room, have a contemporary photojournalistic quality: high contrast, stark lighting.  Looking like the flash bulbs just went off.  Above: a scene from the movie, and below: a pic by Ronny Jaques from a photostory that ran in Montreal-based newspaper Standard's 1945 coverage of up and coming boxer Gus Mell. 

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