Pretty good film about the escalation on events and even more so about the the consequences of the decisions we make. The fact this is a debute is crazy because it is very confident in what its doing.
I do think it kinda slows down whenever the characters just have a conversation because its not like they are THAT interesting. I like 2 of them and the others are whatever.
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Elevator to the Gallows
Frantic for life and love, frantic for excitement.
Rating
3.5 (1)
Release Date
1/29/1958Runtime
91 minsOverview
A self-assured businessman murders his employer, the husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.
Status
ReleasedOriginal Language
FrenchBudget
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$263,404Homepage
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How It Feels
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A taut noir thriller where a carefully plotted crime spirals into chaos, trapping its architect in an elevator while a cascade of misunderstandings and coincidences unravel everything he thought he controlled. The mounting dread is as much about watching consequences unfold as about the crime itself.
Mood
TenseParanoidBleakBittersweet
Themes
ObsessionBetrayalCorruptionMortality
Tone
Bleak
Pacing
Propulsive
Look
Black and whiteFormalistHigh-contrast
Structure
Linear
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Horst Bencker
Elga Andersen
Frieda Bencker
Jean Wall
Simon Carala
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Micheline Bona
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Charles Denner
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Félix Marten
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