After finishing the movie, I must say…I really didn’t like it much. Was it entertaining? Sure. But most of it was just absurdly beyond belief. The word that kept running through my mind, during and after the film, was “kitsch”. It just felt so forced and SO damn 40s. It was like watching a movie from 1961 about a sock hop starring Marilyn Monroe and Elvis. I’m of the opinion that greatness in any field (art, music, film) should have some degree of timelessness. Obviously Casablanca looks somewhat dated today, but it isn’t absolutely laughable in the same way The Glass Key is. In my opinion, The film doesn’t really have any merit today outside of “let’s chuckle at how goofy people in the 1940s looked”. I don’t get that feeling from other films of the same era (or even earlier) that are more well done. Enjoyable to a degree, but definitely not a classic.
In other news, everyone should read this article: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=wilson
It has nothing to do with film (or sports, as the espn.com url might indicate). I just found it extremely disturbing, and I think you guys will too.