September 30, 1955

There's a moment here with Blount's character (you'll know it) that got me plain giddy realizing that the undercurrents of weirdness would now flow freely, and boy do they. This is a great movie that takes great risks in showing the ways movies affect and infect, with a GREAT final shot that brings things full circle (in more ways than one) and points forward with a remarkable mix of poignancy and if not cynicism, then a dark wryness, to the regeneration of the modern myths so memorably explored