Criss Cross

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"27.3. 2024 The story of Robert Siodmak's film noir classic "Criss Cross" is based on a simple but clever idea: an armoured car driver Steve returns to his ex-wife Anna, who is married to a crime boss called Slim Dundee. In order to cover their affair, Steve convinces Dundee that he only met Anna so that he could get Dundee's help for robbing an upcoming payroll shimpent he will be delivering. "Criss Cross" mostly follows standard film noir formula but good ideas are worth repeating. Every scen"

Criss Cross

“A near nihilistic obsession with fatalism pervades noir as whole but particularly in the branch of “heist gone wrong.” The Killing practically announces its failed central conceit from the outset, The Asphalt Jungle follows all its thieves as they die, and into this gloomy outlook comes Criss Cross. This one not only follows the tragic outlines of those films but throws in reunited exes for good measure.   If nothing else, Criss Cross is a bit like drinking in noir straight from the hose. I mean, not only is Burt Lancaster the lead, but there’s Dan Duryea, best remembered for Scarlet Street and The Woman in the Window, and a pre-Munsters Yvonne De Carlo. There’s also Robert Siodmak behind the camera, best known for launching Lancaster’s movie career with The Killers, incident” read more

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