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By October 22, 2008January 12th, 20263 Comments

OOTP

Out of con­text, it’s a pleas­ing, slightly mel­an­chol­ic pic­ture; in con­text it’s one of the most quietly heart­break­ing final shots in all of cinema. That’s the crim­in­ally under­rated Dickie Moore in Jacques Tourneur’s 1947 Out of the Past. 

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3 Comments

  • bill says:
    October 22, 2008 at 11:22 am

    For my money, that movie has con­sist­ently the best dia­logue of any crime film.
    “I don’t wanna die, Jeff.”
    “Neither do I, baby, but if I have to, I’m gonna die last.”

  • Randy says:
    October 22, 2008 at 5:58 pm

    Or:
    “That’s not the way to win.”
    “Is there a way to win?”
    “There’s a way to lose more slowly.”

  • cinetrix says:
    October 23, 2008 at 10:33 am

    That is a such a great shot.
    That reminds me. I’ve searched the Interwebs for years to no avail: Does any­one know where I can find the 1987 SNL par­ody “Out of Gas” with Mitchum and Greer? My col­lege film prof had it tacked on the end of the VHS (!) of “Out of the Past” he had on reserve, but I haven’t seen it since. Anyone?