Leave Her to Heaven
John Stahl / US, 1945 / 111 min.
The first colour film noir. Martin Scorsese has campaigned for the restoration of this film noir which was shot in Technicolor and documents the tragic love affair between a young author and an ice-cold femme fatale. The camerawork won an Oscar.
Set against the rugged natural beauty of New Mexico where a novelist (Cornel Wilde) and his new wife (Gene Tierney) settle into a lakeside cabin after a whirlwind romance, Leave Her To Heaven exudes an atypical atmosphere for a film noir. Leon Shamroy’s Oscar-winning Technicolor cinematography gives a bright, airy counterpoint to the dark, roiling obsessions that drive Tierney’s jealous socialite to acts of violence that would make even the most jaded femme fatale blanch.
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Director
John Stahl
Production year
1945
Country
US
Original title
Leave Her to Heaven
Length
111 min.
Language
English
Subtitles
NLD
Format
35mm
Part of
Film Noir
Rain-drenched streets, curls of cigarette smoke, and men with a dark past. An inescapable fate and a femme fatale, sly and sexually independent. This summer Eye is presenting an extended programme of classic film noir, featuring masterpieces such as The Third Man and In a Lonely Place starring Humphrey Bogart. With vintage 35mm prints and newly restored works.
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