FILM REVIEWS
Sir,-I should like*to say bow much I enjoy the film reviews published in The Listener. IT always base my film going. on your recommendations. There is, however, one thing which could increase my enjoyment of a film after having read the review. Would it be possible for your reviewer not to give away the dénouement in those films which depend for their interest and excitement on the ending being in doubt? This week I saw High Noon. It was impossible for me to feel really anxious or worried about the Marshal of Hadleyville and what might happen to him, when the four despéradoes attacked the town, as I had already read The Listener review and knew that he would shoot all the villains single-handed/ One could still efjoy the very fine acting of Gary Cooper, but it would have been even more telling if the final outcome had remained in doubt until the end of the
film.
E. M.
TRUEMAN
(Christchurch).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 28, Issue 724, 29 May 1953, Page 14
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163FILM REVIEWS New Zealand Listener, Volume 28, Issue 724, 29 May 1953, Page 14
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