One of Fritz Lang's greatest and grimmest films. He made "You Only Live Once" in 1937. not long after coming to America, and it remains one of the most searing indictments of that country ever put on film. The producer was Walter Wanger who was famous for his 'social conscience' movies and this story of a young criminal unable to go straight because of the way he is treated by society was as bleak as they come. From the beginning you know that the only way it can go is down and that here is a movie that won't have a happy ending. A young Henry Fonda is the criminal in question and Sylvia Sidney, the girl who sticks by him and they are both superb. Bleak, yes but also unforgettable.Saturday, 7 December 2019
YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE
One of Fritz Lang's greatest and grimmest films. He made "You Only Live Once" in 1937. not long after coming to America, and it remains one of the most searing indictments of that country ever put on film. The producer was Walter Wanger who was famous for his 'social conscience' movies and this story of a young criminal unable to go straight because of the way he is treated by society was as bleak as they come. From the beginning you know that the only way it can go is down and that here is a movie that won't have a happy ending. A young Henry Fonda is the criminal in question and Sylvia Sidney, the girl who sticks by him and they are both superb. Bleak, yes but also unforgettable.
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