Bunny Lake Is Missing

'king Harold

Unintentionally hilarious and wildly entertaining. I can't get enough of this stuff, psychological mystery with improbable things going on all over the place. Great for spotting English character actors, my Anna Massey has a particularly lovely neck! London landmarks akimbo; St Charles hospital near Ladbroke Grove where I recovered from a collapsed lung after overdoing Notting Hill carnival is particularly poignant.

Anita G

What a gem! All the eccentric characters have insight into what is really going on. Eccentric on the outside - sane on the inside ... Questioning american culture at a time when americanism was advancing. Brilliant performances and superb script - way ahead of its time. I love the lighting in the eyes of the siblings - a double light that is missing from all the other characters - very clever and the first clue.

isokon

WOW. From the acting to the cinematography to the excellent Saul Bass titles, this is an amazing piece of work.

chanandre

[Cinémathèque PT #293: 35 mm] I love seeing blue and/or green eyes on a B&W 40's, 50's and 60's film.

Lights in the Dusk

Like Repulsion, the influence of Psycho looms large over this. However, while Polanski seemed liberated by his origins in exploitation, Preminger still has one foot tied to the Hollywood system. It creates an odd mix of the modern (the transgressive) & the old-fashioned (the moralistic). It's beautifully photographed & suitably atmospheric, & survives thanks to a largely compelling mystery & some strong performances.

João Eça

not at all interested in this film's obsessions. it's not really horrible, but somehow theatrical, didactic and build on predictable and not that subtle plot twists. and the depiction of england is not very kind... there are 2 or 3 good, haunting, perverse scenes and laurence olivier gives an amazing performance. preminger was a good actor's director, but some of the characters are just caricatural

kartina obskura

their relation is really sloppy done tho. the entire end was like an organ transplantation that didn´t go well and the organism is rejecting the organ

Filipe F. Coutinho

Very well written and carefully tailored, Bunny Lake - yet another Preminger gem - weaves mystery and psychoanalysis to boast suspense and visual storytelling at its finest.