Hannah Long – Movie review - Bad Day at Black Rock

A man gets off a train in a small town and finds himself confronted by some very hostile ‘heavies’….

What is happening in this town?

Brent talks with Hannah Long about the 1954 movie ‘Bad Day at Black Rock’ starring Spencer Tracey and Robert Ryan.

Hannah is a passionate cinephile.  She writes cultural commentary and film criticism for a number of publications including ‘The Dispatch’, ‘Angelus News’, ‘American Consequences’ and ‘American Cinema Production’. 

• (1:15) What is ‘Bad Day at Black Rock’?
• (3:00) The cast;
• (4:30) Robert Ryan;
• (5:00) MGM in 1954;
• (6:55) Wide screen and photography;
• (11:10) Law and Justice?
• (13:20) Racism;
• (13:50) Evil in the town;
• (16:00) Christian themes and symbolism?
• (18:30) Irony;
• (21:00) A film about second chances?
• (22:40) A movie about atonement;
• (23:40) The film a microcosm of post-war Europe?
• (26:30) The score.

Links mentioned in this episode:

www.plough.com/en/topics/culture/film/ride-the-high-country

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