Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
Country: US
Technical: bw 96m
Director: Alexander Mackendrick
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison
Synopsis:
A press agent eager for a step-up in the competitive world of New York showbiz promotion panders to a powerful columnist's Machiavellian schemes.
Review:
A script sizzling with vitriol, much quoted (notably by a character in Diner), and supported by an outsider's view of America rarely equalled in cinema. The contrastiness of Howe's cinematography and garishness of Elmer Bernstein's jazz score provide the ideal setting for this essay in the corrupting power of greed and jealousy. Sample dialogue: 'You sound happy, Sidney. Why should you be happy when I'm not?'
Country: US
Technical: bw 96m
Director: Alexander Mackendrick
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison
Synopsis:
A press agent eager for a step-up in the competitive world of New York showbiz promotion panders to a powerful columnist's Machiavellian schemes.
Review:
A script sizzling with vitriol, much quoted (notably by a character in Diner), and supported by an outsider's view of America rarely equalled in cinema. The contrastiness of Howe's cinematography and garishness of Elmer Bernstein's jazz score provide the ideal setting for this essay in the corrupting power of greed and jealousy. Sample dialogue: 'You sound happy, Sidney. Why should you be happy when I'm not?'
Country: US
Technical: bw 96m
Director: Alexander Mackendrick
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison
Synopsis:
A press agent eager for a step-up in the competitive world of New York showbiz promotion panders to a powerful columnist's Machiavellian schemes.
Review:
A script sizzling with vitriol, much quoted (notably by a character in Diner), and supported by an outsider's view of America rarely equalled in cinema. The contrastiness of Howe's cinematography and garishness of Elmer Bernstein's jazz score provide the ideal setting for this essay in the corrupting power of greed and jealousy. Sample dialogue: 'You sound happy, Sidney. Why should you be happy when I'm not?'