Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows
2007 · 77 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 766 VOTES · DIR. Kent Jones
Overview
Martin Scorsese narrates this tribute to Val Lewton, the producer of a series of memorable low-budget horror films for RKO Studios. Raised by his mother and his aunt, his films often included strong female characters who find themselves in difficult situations and who have to grow up quickly. He is best remembered for the horror films he made at RKO starting in 1940. Starting with only a title - his first was The Cat People - he would meticulously oversee every aspect of the film's completion. Although categorized as horror films, his films never showed a monster, leaving it all to the viewers imagination, assisted by music, mood and lighting.
Dialogue Timeline — 908 lines
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00:00:54 I wrote the script and directed it.
00:04:28 ...some richer, more subterranean matter...
00:07:01 Once, he put invitations for his sister's birthday party in the trunk of a tree...
00:09:24 ... first for Berlin and then to America.
00:11:50 Don't go away.
00:14:26 Lewton put together a team of collaborators...
00:17:21 I've never kissed you.
00:21:22 It goes in a very different direction, into her suffering.
00:25:22 It's the mood that stays with you.
00:31:44 And where beauty and destruction merge.
00:35:02 For the first time in my life, I'm really tired."
00:37:29 ...a parallel world which is also the world of '40s intellectuals and artists.
00:41:32 Billy House, who'd been a star on the vaudeville circuit.
00:43:58 ... surrounding the girl in her daydreaming. "
00:47:13 My friend.
00:50:48 Simple, spare, a little awkward...
00:53:03 Good morning.
00:56:04 I put my faith in what I can feel and see and know about.
00:59:26 Shut me in. Close to me.
01:01:58 If you read Robert Louis Stevenson's original story...
01:05:19 You see, my lord, reason is overcome with emotion...
01:08:29 ... and the film is flawed, but it's also affecting.
01:11:04 My father was older and maybe they saw a man who was increasingly ill.
01:17:00 Subtitles by LeapinLar