Written by James M. Tate / 9/13/2015 / No comments / burt reynolds , neo noir , samuel fuller , shark , sixties , treasure
PULP NOVEL 'HIS BONES ARE CORAL' BECOMES A CHOPPY 'SHARK'
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SHARK Year: 1969 |
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Novel Published: 1954 |
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Burt in Shark |
CORAL was a fantastic read that wouldn't have been discovered by Cult Film Freak without that maligned Sam Fuller flick, ruined by studio henchman, which is not only difficult to understand in the dialogue department, taking place in Cairo where the actors seem like the real thing and thus, dubbed horribly. Even Americans like Arthur Kennedy (playing a Walter Brennan style rummy sidekick) and Barry Sullivan rush their lines: providing what feels like a Noir collage of sneaky conversations with brief bouts of jumbled action. Although, technically, if you center on individual shots, creative camera angles, and a few neatly-flowing non-cut performances by a genuinely cool Bogart-style Burt Reynolds, Mr. Fuller's poetic signature is visible, somewhat, within those murky, muddied waters.
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Opening Credit Sequence Font... The "A" looks damn cool |
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