Twilight Time Goes to War, Part 4: Conflicted Nuns!
In Part 4 of Twilight Time Goes to War, we look at two tales of Conflicted Nuns from 1957: John Huston’s underrated drama Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison on Blu-ray + Fox’ DVD of Sea Wife!
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BR: Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957)
Between The Barbarian and the Geisha (1958) and The Roots of Heaven (1958), Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957) forms the middle of John Huston’s three-picture deal with Fox, and another film shot in exotic, challenging locations. One could presume that Huston’s fancy for far-off locations was purely for production value…
DVD: Sea Wife (1957)
Based on the novel Sea-Wyf by J.M. Scott, Sea Wife is a curious mélange of genres – WWII drama + survival tale + tropical island exotica + romance – that originally began as a Roberto Rossellini film until Fox had concerns about the script’s sexual content, and to appease censors opted for a tamer script, causing Rossellini to exit and production manager Bob McNaught to take on the directorial chores…
Soundtrack Reviews
Soundtrack reviews of Rocky Gray’s Accursed, Elia Cmiral’s Atlas Shrugged Part 3: Who is John Galt? (Atlas Productions), and Trailerhead’s Nu Epiq trailer music compilation (Imperativa Records).
MP3: Accursed (2014)
Unlike most faux soundtrack efforts of late, William Rocky’ Gray’s Accursed is less reliant on the sounds of John Carpenter and Goblin, making this effort in percussive mayhem rather refreshing. The opening track (“Cannibal”) is a mass of pounding drums and distorted electric guitar bridged with howling tones and that classic staple of eighties horror, sampled chorus…
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