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In a Lonely Place (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]

Humphrey Bogart (Actor), Gloria Grahame (Actor), Nicholas Ray (Director) Rated:
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4.5 out of 5 stars 1,052
IMDb7.9/10.0
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Genre Mystery & Suspense/Film Noir, Mystery & Suspense
Format Widescreen
Contributor Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy, Nicholas Ray, Humphrey Bogart
Language English
Runtime 1 hour and 33 minutes
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When a gifted but washed-up screenwriter with a hair-trigger temper Humphrey Bogart (Casablanca), in a revelatory, vulnerable performance becomes the prime suspect in a brutal Tinseltown murder, the only person who can supply an alibi for him is a seductive neighbor (The Big Heat s Gloria Grahame) with her own troubled past. The emotionally charged In a Lonely Place, freely adapted from a Dorothy B. Hughes thriller, is a brilliant, turbulent mix of suspenseful noir and devastating melodrama, fueled by powerhouse performances. An uncompromising tale of two people desperate to love yet struggling with their demons and each other, this is one of the greatest films of the 1950s, and a benchmark in the career of the classic Hollywood auteur Nicholas Ray (Rebel Without a Cause).

BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES 
- New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- New audio commentary featuring film scholar Dana Polan
- I m a Stranger Here Myself, a 1975 documentary about director Nicholas Ray, slightly condensed for this release
- New interview with biographer Vincent Curcio about actor Gloria Grahame
- Piece from 2002 featuring filmmaker Curtis Hanson 
- Radio adaptation from 1948 of the original Dorothy B. Hughes novel, broadcast on the program Suspense
- Trailer
- PLUS: An essay by critic Imogen Sara Smith

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  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 3.2 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 2619
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Nicholas Ray
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Widescreen
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 33 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ May 10, 2016
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Criterion Collection
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01BUX7Z0I
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 out of 5 stars 1,052

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CONTENTS OF THE CRITERION BLU-RAY + Checklist of Late Bogart on Blu-Ray
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CONTENTS OF THE CRITERION BLU-RAY + Checklist of Late Bogart on Blu-Ray
Amazon has the unfortunate habit of lumping all reviews for a film together, regardless of date of issue or format (VHS, DVD or Blu-Ray).This is especially unfortunate when the newest version is a dramatic improvement over the old versions.This is the case with "In a Lonely Place"2016 CRITERION BLU-RAY BONUS FEATURES:-- New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on Blu-Ray.-- New audio commentary featuring film scholar Dana Polan-- "In a Lonely Place Revisited" with filmmaker Curtis Hanson (20 minutes, imported from the 2002 Sony DVD)-- "I'm a Stranger Here Myself" - 1975 documentary about director Nicholas Ray.-- New interview with biographer Vincent Curcio about actress Gloria Grahame-- Essay by critic Imogen Sara Smith-- Radio adaptation of the original Dorothy B. Hughes novel, broadcast on "Suspense" (1948)-- Movie trailer.-- SDH subtitles.2002 SONY DVD BONUS FEATURES:-- "In a Lonely Place Revisited" with filmmaker Curtis Hanson (20 minutes) - also on the new Crfiterion Blu-Ray.-- "In a Lonely Place Restoration Story" (5 minutes) - technical details (now obsolete) about film restoration.-- "The Bogart Collection" (5 minutes) - movie posters from Bogart's post-Warner career, 1949-1956.-- Movie trailer.-- SDH subtitles.Humphrey Bogart made 53 films as a contract player for Warner Brothers between 1932 ("Three on a Match") and 1948 ("Key Largo").In 1949, he left Warner to become an independent producer, starring in 17 films between 1949 and 1956.Bogart's production company had two big Technicolor successes: "The African Queen" (1951 - Bogart's only Oscar) and "The Caine Mutiny" (1954),but film scholars have always had a soft spot for the more modest black and white psychological thriller "In a Lonely Place" (1950).The 2002 Sony DVD had an excellent picture, but fourteen years on, Blu-Ray technology offers increased resolution.Criterion has a well-deserved reputation for quality and scholarship.The new Blu-Ray includes a commentary track, plus biographical features about co-star Gloria Grahame and director Nicholas Ray.HUMPHREY BOGART FILMS, 1949-19567 of 17 titles have been released on Blu-Ray:1949: Knock on Any Door1949: Tokyo Joe1950: Chain Lightning1950: In a Lonely Place - Blu-Ray reviewed on this page1951: The Enforcer = The Enforcer [Blu-ray] (Olive Films)1951: Sirocco1951: The African Queen = African Queen, The [Blu-ray] (Warner Blu-Ray)1952: Deadline: U.S.A. = Deadline U.S.A. (1952) [Blu-ray]1953: Battle Circus1953: Beat the Devil = Beat the Devil (The Film Detective Restored Version) [Blu-ray]1954: The Caine Mutiny = The Caine Mutiny [Blu-ray] (Sony Blu-Ray)1954: Sabrina = Sabrina (1954) (BD) [Blu-ray] (Paramount Blu-Ray)1954: The Barefoot Contessa1955: We're No Angels1955: The Left Hand of God1955: The Desperate Hours1956: The Harder They FallHUMPHREY BOGART FILMS, 1936-1948I have also prepared a list of Humphrey Bogart's Warner Brother's films (1936-1948) that are available on Blu-Ray (nine to date).See the first comment (dated March 1, 2016) following this review.
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Still Egg
5.0 out of 5 stars Don't die before you see it!
Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2023
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"In a Lonely Place" begins with a soundtrack that fuels a sense of urgency that cannot be forgotten once heard, and its conflicted protagonist and his sense of failure, solid framework, masterful touch, and lean details make it a must-see for fans, worthy of being called the definitive film noir film.

Dixon Steels (Humphrey Bogart), a past screenwriter, takes home a young woman he met at a bar late at night, calling it a book reading. However, perhaps because of the age difference between him and the young woman, he gets a headache and sends her away, giving her a suitable excuse. The next day, Steels is awakened early in the morning by a detective he knows and learns that the young woman from last night has been murdered and that he is the suspect, and so begins the story of a common detective mystery, but for some reason the police assume him to be the killer without any evidence from the beginning. He also has a neurotic streak, and when he is attacked by others, he becomes paranoid and violent. On the other hand, he is now an unsuccessful screenwriter, but at the end of the story, we are told that he was once a great screenwriter, as his new work is shown to be well received.

Generally speaking, "At the time, the United States was in the midst of the McCarthyist Red Purge, and the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), the principal organ of the Red Purge, issued subpoenas solely on the basis of suspicion and interrogated 10 people who refused to testify or be subpoenaed based on their fundamental rights guaranteed under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The HUAC interrogated ten people who had been The ten, known as the Hollywood Ten, were convicted of contempt of Congress in 1948, appealed to the Supreme Court but lost, and were sentenced to six months to a year in prison in 1950." It is said that.

The year 1950, when "In a Lonely Place" was released, was the very year that the Hollywood Ten were sentenced.

Why did Nicholas Ray choose a screenwriter as his protagonist? Why did the police unilaterally frame Dixon Steele (Humphrey Bogart), once a successful screenwriter, as the killer simply because he was suspicious and without adequate investigation? The answer they suggest is one. They are Nicholas Ray's scathing critique of the red-hunt whirlwind.

Of course, that is not all. Director Ray seems to be self-deprecatingly mocking the "irredeemable Hollywood" by depicting, albeit implicitly, the folly of those who are bound by past glories.

Humphrey Bogart meets and is reborn with a new muse, Gloria Graheim, and despite writing a new script at a furious pace, ultimately loses her through his own paranoia.

This teaches us that no matter how fortunate we may be, a new destiny will not begin unless we are determined to transform ourselves to become a new person. Perhaps Director Ray wanted Hollywood to have the same determination.
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Kelly
5.0 out of 5 stars Bogart fans check this
Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2024
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Beyond the price, and speedy delivery, this is a piece that Bogart fans need. It's dark, witty in places. Ms. Graham was excellent. I suggest getting it if you love Bogart like I do. And it's captioned.
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Tom Without Pity
5.0 out of 5 stars "I lived a few weeks while she loved me."
Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2010
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This is a review for IN A LONELY PLACE (1950) which was one of my favorite Bogart movies for years but with the rise in popularity of film noir it's hardly the unknown film it once was. Which is all right by me, the more people who see something that's really good, the more chances there'll be of other good films being seen and appreciated, I believe.

IN A LONELY PLACE concerns an almost washed up screenwriter, Dixon Steele, played by Humphrey Bogart, who gets a chance to adapt a somewhat windy best selling "epic novel" into a screenplay as the basis for what hopefully will be a popular film. These words are not spoken in the film but it looks like this could be Dix Steele's last chance at a financially as well as artistically successful screenplay. Dix has a few problems, mainly drinking and a flashpoint temper that has led to a few violent episodes in the past including some involving the police. And now he is visibly aging but not necesarily mellowing.

In truth, Dix is not enamored with the bestseller he has been given to adapt and when a enthusiastic checkroom girl named Mildred Atkinson , played by a Martha Stewart, gushes over the book and the possiblilty of a movie based on it, Dix gives her the job of coming back to his apartment to read the tome to him so he might have some idea of the book without exerting any undue effort.

So the check room girl breaks her date with her banker boyfriend and goes with Dix to his courtyard apartment to dig into the book. Unfortunately things don't work out too well and Dix gives the girl some money for cabfare home and looking bone tired, says he's going to bed.

Next thing he knows it's 5 AM and an old army buddy, now a plainclothes detective, well played by Frank Lovejoy, is ringing his doorbell wanting to talk with him about Mildred Atkinson. It turns out she was murdered before she could get a cab and Dix was the last known person to have seen her alive.

While being questioned at the station house Dix answers to a police question that one person did see him when he said goodnight to Mildred Atkinson, a woman who lives across the courtyard. As it turns out the woman,
Laurel Gray, played by Gloria Grahame, has taken notice of Dix and is aware that he is a screenwriter.

As the film progresses so does the relationship between Dixon Steele and Laurel Gray. They both seem to get along well and she helps him with the screenplay, which needs a lot of help apparently.
At times Dix forgets everything of the outside world, his mind is strictly involved with his writing for the first time in many years. A lot of that has to do with Laurel's keeping his mind on the track of the story.

But occassionally another violent incident will occur, sometimes with Laurel there to witness it.
In the meantime the police investigation seems to be progressing slowly if at all and Dix is still a primary suspect. Sometimes Laurel can't help but wonder with the evidence of Dix's sometimes violent nature if he's the one who killed MIldred Atkinson.

In fact, that's the noirish part of the story that I enjoy most, the audience is left wondering if Dixon Steele can't control himself with "these kids in their cut-down cars" how would Dix react to an actual turndown from a young pretty girl? Especially after a couple of drinks, would he take it as a personal insult, something that had to be avenged immediately?

That's the crux of the decision that Laurel has to make about Dix and herself.....and the decision the audience has to make about Dixon Steele and the entire story of IN A LONELY PLACE.

It is a romance as well as a murder mystery with plenty of noir trappings thrown in, not just to confuse the characters, but to hold the audience in a gloomy cloud of suspense for as long as possible. And a fine job by
everyone involved, IN A LONELY PLACE is a memorable film, one that will hold your interest, to say the least, from beginning to end.

"I was born when she kissed me.
I died when she left me.
I lived a few weeks while she loved me."

Humphrey Bogart as Dixon Steele in
IN A LONELY PLACE (1950).
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Devona Miller
5.0 out of 5 stars In a Lonely Place
Reviewed in Canada on December 24, 2023
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Love this movie 👍🏻👍🏻
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Erick M.
5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente película
Reviewed in Mexico on September 7, 2021
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Un ejemplo del mejor Hollywood clásico.
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luc
4.0 out of 5 stars Bogie time
Reviewed in Belgium on December 1, 2023
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Leuke film met goede dialogen. Blijft luchtig en niet te dramatisch. Goede kwaliteit beeld en geluid, met Nederlandse ondertiteling.
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CameraMan
5.0 out of 5 stars piu noir del noir
Reviewed in Italy on January 2, 2020
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Per amanti del genere... non potrà deludervi
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guy v.
5.0 out of 5 stars un chef d'oeuvre absolu
Reviewed in France on April 22, 2016
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IN A LONELY PLACE nous fait entrer (comme Boulevard du Crépuscule ou All about Eve) dans l'univers très particulier des studios hollywoodiens.
Humphrey BOGART est parfait dans le rôle d'un scénariste sujet à des crises de violence extrême face à la talentueuse et troublante Gloria GRAHAME qui cherche par tous les moyens à le faire se détacher de ses démons (pour une fois elle ne joue pas le rôle d'une garce).
Ce film est assurément le chef d'œuvre de Nicholas RAY.
Grande qualité du DVD tant au niveau de l'image que du son. VOST français. Très intéressant bonus.
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