孽海奇逢

极棒的、未受到充分重视的filmnoir；绝对诡异迷离的经历；茫茫大海的航船上，孤离封闭与半开放的场景空间；高妙的紧张氛围，奇特的声音设计，有点反noir精神的不一样的明亮打光；惊喜连连！<br/>　　FallingsomewhereinthemiddledistancebetweenHitchcock'sTheLadyVanishesandJodieFoster'sFlightplan,the1953thrillerDangerousCrossingisanothertaleofaperilousjourneywheresomeonedisappearsintothinairandonlyonepersonevenremembershimexisting.<br/>　　JeanneCrainisRuthBowman,formerlyStanton,anewlywedwhoboardsanoceanlinerwithhubbieJohn(CarlBetz)tohoneymoonabroad.Oncetheshiphassailed,however,Johnisnowheretobefound,andnoonebutRuthremembersseeinghim.AddingfurtherfrustrationisthefactthatthoughRuthinsiststheycheckedintoalargerroomasacouple,theshiphasherbookedinadifferentroomasasinglepassenger,andunderhermaidennametoboot.Theship'sdoctor,PaulManning(MichaelRennie),takesRuthunderhiscare,buthebecomestooconfusedbyhisattractiontohertoknowforsureifshe'stellingthetruthormerelydelusional.Late-nightphonecallsfromJohnwarningRuthoftroublearenohelp,noristhefactthatthenuptialsweresoquicklyarranged,thereisnothingtoverifythattheyevenhappened,notevenaring.<br/>　　Ruthseestroublearoundeverycorner.Somuchso,you'dbeforgivenifyoumistookthepleasurecruiserforafishingtrawlercastingawidenetforredherring.Thereisthegaydivorceewhowarnedoflosthusbands,andtheleeringstewardandhisinappropriateinnuendos.Thereisalsoalittlepost-Warparanoia,withthecreepiestsuspectbeingaGerman-accentedmanwithalimp.EventheaudiencehassomereasontodoubtRuth.We'veseenJohn,butherwhisperedinnermonologuemakesuswonderifmaybewe'renotpartofherpersecutioncomplex.<br/>　　DirectedbyJosephNewman,andbasedonastorybymysterywriterJohnDicksonCarr,DangerousCrossingmaybethe24thentryinFox'snewlyexhumedFilmNoirseries,butpuristswillfindthatdefinitionstretchedabittoincludethistitle.ThoughNewmandoesimbuetheoceanlinerwithanatmosphereofdread,withitsendlesscorridors,foggydecks,andeventheoccasional,subtleup-and-downshiftingoftheframetosimulatethequeasinessofseatravel,hedoesn'ttakefulladvantage.DangerousCrossinglacksthehardboilededgeorblackenedmoralitythatisnormallyfoundonnoirishstreets.Plus,someofthemoreseasonedpurveyorsofthegenrewithastrongersenseofthegrotesquewouldhaveneverthrownaHalloweenpartyonboardwithoutusingmasksandhiddenidentitiestotakeadvantageofthenoirthemeofreinvention.It'slikeMr.Arkadinputononeofhiscostumepartiesandeveryoneshowedupintheirregularclothes.<br/>　　Yet,ifyou'renotbuggedbymisplacedtagsandwantasolidblack-and-whitesuspensefilm,DangerousCrossingshoulddothetrick.JeanneCrainmakesforanexcellentlosing-her-mindheroine,andthescriptshouldkeepyouguessingrightupuntilthebigreveal.