The Naked Kiss
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In Theaters : 1964
DVD Release : 02 February, 2002 |
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Sam Fuller masterpiece for cheap
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| This film was my first introduction to director Samuel Fuller and within the first ten minutes I knew that he was a director I wanted to see more of. The Naked Kiss is a good place to start as it is one of his most famous films and also since you can get this bargain version for less than a dollar. Granted a little bit of the picture and sound quality is compromised in the bargain the film is still watchable and enjoyable. Any film that opens with a hooker beating the hell out of her helpless pimp that is bald to boot in the first moments and then introduces characters named Hatrack, Marshmallow, and Angel Eyes in the credits and then places an homage to himself by putting his last film on the movie marquee in the new town where our heroine relocates is some kind of writer/director. Kelly(Constance Towers, and Fuller's one time wife) is that prostitute who has grown her hair out and given up hooking. She moves to a small town named Grantville to start over. However needing cash she turns a trick with the local sheriff. After they have made a business arrangement he tells her to get out of town. He says they don't want her kind but that she might find work at the bordello across the river. Kelly decides to give up the life completely and find work as a nurse who works with crippled children. In Fuller's film part of the rehabilitation of these children is dressing them up in full pirate costumes and using their crutches for not only support but musical accompaniment in an odd and creepy song that they sing with Kelly. Kelly is soon embraced by her fellow coworkers who want to introduce her to the town father Grant. Grant, knowing nothing of her past, is attracted by Kelly and begins dating her. This does not sit well with the sheriff who propositioned her earlier. He wants her out of town before she says anything incriminating about him. Kelly soon is embraced by the whole town when she becomes Grant's fiancee. Unfortunately for her she is not the only one hiding a dark secret from her new lover. Grant has his own addictions and they are quite serious and shocking. When Kelly discovers him in the act her reaction is shocking and leads to her downfall. The film has great film noir dialogue courtesy of Fuller and some brutal fight scenes with Kelly and her heels beating the hell out of her pimp and a madam who recruits one of Kelly's coworkers to work at her bordello across the river. The public and critical reaction to the film was so bad that it caused Fuller to go into a self imposed exile and not make a film for years. Seen today it is one of his best and beneath the colorful language and subject matter and violence it says something about small town hypocrisy and that nothing is at it seems in Kelly's case. She thought that by leaving the life of a prostitute she would find good and respectable people instead she encounters something even more depraved than her former life perpetrated by the wealthy and respected members of society. A very good film available for a very good price. |
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