I DON'T KNOW WHY I BOTHER DOING THIS; A PERVERSE HABIT, I SUPPOSE. AND SUCH REVIEWS TEND TO BE "ALL OVER THE PLACE", THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THEMSELVES IN PRINT TENDING TO BRING FOOLISH COMMENTATORS OUT OF THE PROVERBIAL WOODWORK, MANY WHO LITTLE QUALIFY TO GIVE VALID EVALUATIONS, THEIR KNOWLEGE OF CINEMA BEING SO OBVIOUSLY LACKING, RELYING ON TASTE INSTEAD (ALBEIT OBVIOUSLY POOR TASTE).
"THE FINGER POINTS" IS, TO ME, OBJECTIVELY AND SUBJECTIVELY, A GEM, FOR VARIUS REASONS, SUCH AS A FINE CAST, SCRIPT, AND CAMERAWORK (ERNEST HALLER'S VERY UNUSUAL TRAVELING SHOTS). AND THE CLIMACTIC MACHINE-GUNNING SCENE THE MOST IMPRESSIVE I'VE EVER SEEN, HAVING NO IDEA HOW IT WAS ACHIEVED (BACK WHEN EXPERT MARKSMAN WERE EMPLOYED FOR SUCH). CLARK GABLE IS SUPERB, BUT DARRYL F. ZANUCK CONSIDERED HIS EARS TOO LARGE, WHICH DIDN'T STOP MGM FROM SIGNING HIM SOONAFTER.
"THE FINGER POINTS" IS, TO ME, OBJECTIVELY AND SUBJECTIVELY, A GEM, FOR VARIUS REASONS, SUCH AS A FINE CAST, SCRIPT, AND CAMERAWORK (ERNEST HALLER'S VERY UNUSUAL TRAVELING SHOTS). AND THE CLIMACTIC MACHINE-GUNNING SCENE THE MOST IMPRESSIVE I'VE EVER SEEN, HAVING NO IDEA HOW IT WAS ACHIEVED (BACK WHEN EXPERT MARKSMAN WERE EMPLOYED FOR SUCH). CLARK GABLE IS SUPERB, BUT DARRYL F. ZANUCK CONSIDERED HIS EARS TOO LARGE, WHICH DIDN'T STOP MGM FROM SIGNING HIM SOONAFTER.