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I never saw her in the daytime. We seemed to live by night. What was left of the day went away like a pack of cigarettes you smoked. I didn’t know where she lived. I never followed her. All I ever had to go on was a place and time to see her again. I don’t know what we were waiting for. Maybe we thought the world would end.

Mentinand traditia creata anul cand, in trecerea dintre ani, am savurat un maraton Bogart, anul asta m-am tinut ocupat c-un maraton Mitchum. Luate in ordine pur cronologica, primul al serii a fost Out of the Past, cel mai bun si palpitant noir al carierei sale. Povestea a fost adaptata din cartea lui Mainwaring si retusata de catre Cain, aditiile fiind vizibile si tare, tare distractive. E un noir superb, ce urmeaza majoritatea elementelor esentiale: personaje cinice, lipsite de-a dreptul de scrupule (printre care irezistibila femeia fatala (de fapt, chiar avem doua – Jane Greer, in rolul principal, si Rhonda Fleming, intr-un rol secundar) si sarcasticul detectiv particular care nu stie in ce se baga, asta printr-un furt evident de la Dashiell Hammett si Raymond Chandler), dialog extrem de ingenios, o poveste foarte complicata cu numar ridicat de intorsaturi de situatii si tradari intre personajele, narativa non liniara prin folosirea ‘voice over’ului si flashbackurilor, atmosfera sumbra si, evident, finalul amar.

– We’ll be back, you keep the martinis dry. (more…)