{"id":1406,"date":"2010-03-02T10:29:08","date_gmt":"2010-03-02T17:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmforno.com\/?p=1406"},"modified":"2010-03-02T10:29:08","modified_gmt":"2010-03-02T17:29:08","slug":"robert-siodmak-director-of-the-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.filmforno.com\/?p=1406","title":{"rendered":"Robert Siodmak- Director of the month!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m re-running a piece I wrote about Robert Siodmak, consummate film artist and Director Of The Month here at Film Forno.
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Today I’m writing about a great , but not that well known director, Robert Siodmak. I am posting a scan of a sort of self interview he did for Sight and Sound magazine from 1959. Siodmak to me is above all else, a master of cinematic atmosphere<\/em>. His films always convey that elusive feeling of place, not just a physical place but a psychological place. Something that makes your skin crawl , or causes you to feel a little sweaty , suddenly the hairs on the back of your neck stand up, and it isn’t from the action taking place on the screen , it’s something that oozes out of the background and gets under your skin. Check it out for yourself.<\/p>\n

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Watch the magnificent Criss Cross<\/em> starring Siodmak stalwart Burt Lancaster and Lily Munster Yvonne De Carlo and super slimy Dan Duryea. A great movie!
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Would you believe Lily Munster! A young Yvonne DeCarlo<\/em>
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Dan “scumbag” Duryea & B. Lancaster<\/em><\/p>\n

The excellent armoured car robbery from Criss Cross<\/em>, a study in efficiency and creepiness.Also one of our favorite noir locations, Angel’s Flight is prominently featured.
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I tried to find this location from Criss Cross, then I realized it was Bunker Hill. It had been destroyed.<\/p>\n

Over at Giallo Fever , Keith did an excellent piece on The Spiral Staircase<\/em>, Siodmak’s personal favorite. Here’s the link:
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I also like The File on Thelma Jordon<\/em> , The Crimson Pirate<\/em> with Burt and his acrobat pal from their days in the circus Nick Cravat, Burt is very impressive climbing the rigging and swinging around on ropes, also there’s a scientist who creates many super cool inventions way ahead of their time, like in The Wild Wild West <\/em>.<\/p>\n

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The Crimson Pirate and his mute sidekick Ojo<\/em><\/p>\n

Then there’s The Killers considered by many to be the first film noir and introducing Burt Lancaster!<\/p>\n

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\nLet the Maestro speak for himself, click the link below.<\/p>\n

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I’m re-running a piece I wrote about Robert Siodmak, consummate film artist and Director Of The Month here at Film Forno. Today I’m writing about a great , but not that well known director, Robert Siodmak. I am posting a scan of a sort of self interview he did for Sight and Sound magazine from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.filmforno.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1406"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.filmforno.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.filmforno.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.filmforno.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.filmforno.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.filmforno.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1406\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.filmforno.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.filmforno.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.filmforno.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}