Outrage

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nick s @Nick_S Mar 5, 2024 Some nice artistic flourishes from the director. She handles the subject matter with a deft hand, as does the lead actress. A couple of flat patches and a bit of expositional rambling, but not enough to lose focus. Overall a great movie. See more Matthew D @OceanSage May 12, 2023 Shockingly forward thinking and empathetic towards victims of sexual assault. Legendary lady director Ida Lupino's film noir drama Outrage (1950) feels bold for its era and still distinctly feminist. Lupino lets audiences understand how helpless and frightened a woman can feel when around men, especially when creepy guys will just not take no for an answer. I really cannot understate how progressive and sensitive Outrage still comes across. I do wish the ending had a more resolute and understanding conclusion rather than sending Ann home, but I guess that was the best anyone could think to finish Outrage on a slightly positive note. Writers Ida Lupino, Malvin Wald, and Collier Young write with a real understanding of the justified fears of sinister men's advances. Outrage feels especially critical of the so called nice guys that pretend at being genuine only to get close to unsuspecting girls. Mala Powers is phenomenal as the sympathetic heroine Ann Walton. Her terrified faces and eyes are heartbreaking. I really felt for her. Editor Harvey Manger keeps Outrage moving briskly with a tight 75 minute run-time that doesn't drag. All the cuts between mens' faces that Mala sees with fear are impressively spliced together. Even the slightest hand touch feels threatening. Cinematographer Archie Stout zooms into chilling close-up shots to show how each unwanted touch from a man is disgusting and frightening for a woman. Composer Paul Sawtell's sweeping orchestral film score is wonderful. It feels tense and suspenseful even in the brief encounters with men that scare Ann. Sound designers Clem Portman and John L. Cass makes men's catcalls and whistles chilling with subtle echos. Makeup artist Bill Phillips does really pretty facial makeup on Mala Powers. Hairstyling from Josephine Sweeney is really neat as she can do prim and proper or disheveled for Mala's hair depending on her mental status. In short, Outrage is a killer film noir picture from the masterful director Ida Lupino. It is her distinctly empathetic direction that lets Mala Powers shine as a sympathetic girl, now afraid of men. See more s r @ScottR Nov 4, 2020 A bit too melodramatic for me on such a tricky topic to handle. Saw it on TCM. See more Oct 24, 2020 Technically the film is not something really exceptional but it tackles the subject of rape in an incredible way, especially for the time it was realeased. See more Oct 21, 2020 Very disingenuous; there is no redemption for these people. See more Jan 2, 2014 female director ida lupino tackles rape way ahead of it's time and gr8 cast See more Read all reviews

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