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Oh Dark Sky Films how do I love thee. let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth of the classy treatment you have given so many of my favorite films and the knack you have for introducing me to great films I might never find out about otherwise.
Director Curtis Harrington is a fascinating underground film figure. Friends with Kenneth Anger, haunter of France’ Cinematheque, maker of several genre favorites, and early champion of James Whale he has nonetheless become most well known for the bad luck that plagued his career. But while Harrington never achieved the kind of success some feel he should have he has gotten some attention as of late with a series of retrospective DVD releases that nclude decent transfers and interviews.
But the hard thing is that upon review Harrington proves more interesting than his work. His best film, The Killing Kind, doesn’t bear comparison to the truly great films it most resembles. KK isn’t stylish and well photographed enough to hold up to Powell’s Peeping Tom and it is too much of a genre film to generate the sort of verite’ energy that made Henry Portrait of A Serial Killer so chilling. Instead it merely emerges as a better, more character driven, even experimental film than most low budget horror suspense fare from its era. My advice is avoid any explanation of what this film is about and get ahold of a copy if you’re sufficiently intrigued. It’s a solid film that earns the right to ask you to feel for its empty characters
The 22 minute interview with Harrington doesn’t reveal all that much more than previous interviews have but it is interesting to hear him talk about a career that never did more than keep him working. What he really needs and will probably only get post humously is a solid biography written by someone who understands his true importance as a would be avante garde filmmaker who knew Deren, Anger and Henri Langlois.
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