Dark Passage (1947)

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Seen Before: No
Rating: 4.0

The first 45 minutes or so of this film dares to completely hide the face of star Humphrey Bogart through the use of shadows and--more commonly--showing the viewer his point of view. This technique just about turned me off of a similar film noir [strangely] from the same year, Lady in the Lake. I held on, though, as I knew we'd be seeing Bogie at some point.

And I think it's worth holding on. Despite it's interesting but somewhat anti-climax, the film boasts great lighting and, as previously mentioned, audacious uses of its mega-star leading man, including keeping his face fully bandanged for a lenghty amount of time.