NIGHTMARE ALLEY

AS A BIG FAN OF THE ORGINAL VERSION OF THIS GREAT FILM STARRING TYRONE POWER FROM 1947, I WAS HESITANT TO SEE THIS CLASSIC NOIR REMADE FOR MANY REASONS. FILM NOIR FROM THE DAY WAS ALMOST 100 PERCENT SHOT IN BLACK AND WHITE.... AND THE SHOCK BITTERNESS, ANGER AND DISAPPOINTMENT CHARACTERISTIC OF THOSE FILMS SEEM TO BE NOT AS EFFECTIVE OR RATHER TAKEN FOR GRANTED IN TODAYS CINEMA. ALSO, WOULD DIRECTOR DEL TORO TAKE HIS FANTASY GENIUS TO FAR AND TURN THIS RIVETING TRUE LIFE DRAMA A BIT TOO FAR? I, HOWEVER, WAS NOT AT ALL DISAPPOINTED IN THIS NEW PRODCUTION. EVEN THOUGH IN COLOUR.... MOST SCENES ARE EITHER AT NIGHT, DURING STORMS, OR IN CAVERNOUS IN DOOR SETTINGS. DARKNESS OF NOIR PREVAILED. DEL TORO EMBELLISHES THE ORGINAL STORY LINE AND ACTUALLY IMPROVES IT FOR THE VIEWING AUDIENCE AND KEEPS HIS CAMERA ON A REALISTIC FRAMEWORK. A DEEP, MOODY, ULTRA DRAMA FILLED WITH SADNESS AND DISPAIR. AND FOR THE NOIR PUREST, A BLACK AND WHITE VERSION IS IN THE WORKS FOR CINEMATIC RELEASE. ONE OF THE BEST MOVIES OF 2021 TO BE SURE.