That is indeed very foggy.

Ye’s inn?

Oh, she’s a war veteran.

Anyway, I bought a Boetticher bluray box set a few months back, so I thought it might be time I started watching it. I know absolutely nothing about Boetticher (can’t recall seeing his name before), and most of the movies in the box seems to be westerns, but this is a noirish thing from 1945.

Err… This box really is all westerns? So where is this movie from, then?

Aha! It’s from a Noir box set! I guess I’m watching that box set instead, then.

It’s a somewhat convoluted plot…

Very technical.

*gasp* A lady cab driver!

I dunno… I’m not feeling this movie. The plot is convoluted and simpleminded at the same time, and the performances are mostly undistinguished. Except for these foggy scenes, everything looks pretty professional? If somewhat low budgeted.

This guy (the villain) hams it up, but the rest are playing it straight.

For once, I agree with imdb.

Heh, that’s the way they used to tie up people in old comics — a mess of ropes that don’t really serve much purpose.

Hey, they’re saved by passing Chinese people!

This looks nice, and the restoration work on this is excellent, but it’s just a pretty bad movie.

Escape in the Fog. Budd Boetticher. 1945. ⚁

Now that’s a good name for a company.

This is very amiable. I haven’t seen it before, and I thought I’d seen all Astaire/Rogers movies…

What’s fun in this movie is that Ginger Rogers gets to be a total goofball — this is really her movie. She does the funny bits and Astaire has to be the straight man.

Hattie McDaniel!

Oops spoilers.

It’s fun! It’s not the best Astaire/Rogers movie, but…

Carefree. Mark Sandrich. 1938. ⚄

I’ve never heard of this movie, but it was apparently a box office success and everything. It’s from 1965, but it’s very much a 50s Film Noir movie, so it’s all kinds of weird.

It’s one of those paranoid movies where you don’t quite know whether he’s lost his memory or something else screwy is going on. It’s nice and tense.

Walter!

Triple A.

It’s pretty good! I’m not sure the plot actually makes sense — there’s a conspiracy going on, but it seems to rely on things the people involved couldn’t possibly know. But it’s really tightly plotted — it’s like a clockwork thing.

It’s hard to really get into, though, because it’s just so weird.

Mirage. Edward Dmytryk. 1965. ⚃