Shockproof (The Lovers) (1949)

Shockproof

“Fascinating and compromised in equal measure, Shockproof is the sight of two disparate auterists meeting and finding their work interfered with by the studio. It’s clear that anyone who knows Samuel Fuller or Douglas Sirk’s major works will know that ironies and undercurrents abound, as do endings that don’t give us the cleanest, tidiest wrap-up. The idea of the two of them making a movie together, in which the diseased heart of Fuller meets the delicate arched brow of Sirk, had the potential for cinematic nirvana. And then the studio brought in Helen Deutsch, of Lili and National Velvet fame, to rewrite the script and give the story a happy ending.   Oh well, I suppose, but the intended ending in which the square breaks bad sounds more plausible and probable for everything that p” read more

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"My Rating:6/10 "