Find similar and related movies for street of no return 1989 samuel fuller on allmovie. A crime reporter turned filmmaker, writerdirector samuel fuller is famous for adhering to the who, what, when, where, and why of cinematic storytelling, an aggressive tendency that is fully realized in pickup. Street of no return 1989 a rock starturnedbum, his vocal chords severed at the height of his career for the love of a woman, reclaims his forgotten past after viewing a music video and seeks revenge against the mobster who maimed him. But where thieves after dark is just plain bad, there are shreds of potential throughout street of no return.
The cause of his downfall was his affair with the beautiful celia valentina vargas. He has his throat cut by his rival and becomes soon an alcoholic and a bum. A feast of samuel fuller and more on bluray from indictor in. But in essence, the story hes tackling here, based on a david goodis novel, calls out to a pulpy melodramafilmnoir from the 50s ala pickup on south street. The littlest reich, a reboot of the lowbudget horror series that was the cornerstone of veteran producer charles bands bmovie studio and distribution house full moon productions, doesnt skimp on giving this cultmovie icon some thick ham to slice. Street of no return is a film directed by samuel fuller with keith carradine, valentina vargas, bill duke, andrea ferreol, year. Echoing the doubleentendre of the title the pickup is politicalthe passing on.
Big red one is very much samuel fuller s story, or at least the reconstruction version is. Samuel fuller left with director wim wenders, on the set of wenders 1982 film the state of things. Shot in nine weeks in portugal, this unusual crime film has style to burn and features several fuller hallmarks, starting with the hostile race riot that opens the picture. Dec 01, 2007 the first films of samuel fuller criterion collection. The late pulp filmmaker sam fuller began his directorial career in 1949 with i shot jesse james, and wrapped his final bigscreen film, street of no return, in 1989. Find similar and related movies for street of no return 1989 samuel fuller on allmovie allmovie. Winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all. Fuller directs street of no return in rare broll behindthescenes footage duration. An uncompromising adaptation of david goodis bleak and beautiful pulp novel of the same name, street of no return follows a crooked path through a noir underworld inhabited by. Fuller was the first to get a korean war film made, with his marvelous the steel helmet coming out in the midst of the fighting, but since the 1950s he had always been unsuccessful in getting his world war ii film made.
Carradine roams the country as a vagrant, until the day comes when he can. Pickup on south street will be the last noir film ill be covering for a while, differing in many ways from the more recent noir ive covered. Dead pigeon on beethoven street, day of reckoning, and the madonna and the dragon, and numerous television episodes chiefly iron horse, as well as other shows. Best movies like samuel fullers street of no return. The film stars barbara stanwyck, barry sullivan and gene barry. Renowned director samuel fullers final film stars keith carradine as a former pop music star whose career was cut short after his throat was slit for dating a gangsters girlfriend. This film takes the classic noir novel street of no return by davis goodis and turns it into a strange cinematic vision that is intense and brutal, yet otherworldly and cerebral. Whereas nicholas rays in a lonely place is driven by interior, emotional concerns, samuel fullers film is focuses on the realm of the social. As the first reel begins, sedgwick is shown, for a long time. Sedgwick is at best an enigmatic choice to play lupe velezshe looks nothing like her, behaves nothing like velezs performancesbut despite its many descriptions as a biopic, the similarities the film has to velezs life are thematic, not biographical, iconic, not faithful. Bowers 9780805828245 0805828249 human factors and web development, julie ratner, etc, chris. Street of no return 1989 samuel fuller, keith carradine, valentina vargas, bill duke, action, drama, crime, thriller august 2, 2017 a rock starturnedbum, his vocal chords severed at the height of his career for the love of a woman, reclaims his forgotten past after viewing a music video and seeks revenge against the mobster who maimed him. But in essence, the story hes tackling here, based on a david goodis novel, calls out to a pulpy melodrama film noir from the 50s ala pickup on south street. Street of no return opens with a hammer slamming ruthlessly into a face, a visceral image expressive of the shocking confrontational cinema that fuller continued to make right up to his final films.
Samuel fuller biography, movie highlights and photos allmovie. Street of no return 1989 samuel fuller, keith carradine. Samuel fuller great director profile senses of cinema. It tells the story of a fourteenyearold boy who goes to enormous lengths to get revenge against the mobsters who beat his father to death. A reconstructed version of samuel fuller s the big red one is going into release around the country, and will soon be on dvd. Some great raw bts footage of in this 11minute clip of sam fuller directing his movie street of no return in 1988. Jasons rating of the film street of no return jason the fantoma dvd of street remains one of my most cherished disks, the film itself absolutely one of my favourite of the 80s, very obviously fuller, but busted loose, full blast, expressionistcoperatic dayglo eschatology, maybe fundamentally a downer though also a perfect encapsulation of. Valentina vargas in street of no return 1989 submitted by celebrities video. Canada september 1989 toronto international film festival south korea 28 april 1990. Subtitles for samuel fullers street of no return 1989. The samuel fuller collection by david ross lederman, douglas. The deposed commander vows that he will return to civilization and have. First of all, the film exists in no particular timelike rumblefish, it blurs elements from different eras so that it exists in some kind of alternate reality.
Calle sin retorno street of no return samuel fuller s street of no return. Street of no return was fullers last feature film, and only the fifth made during the last 30 years of his life. Street of no return 1989 cast and crew a washedup rock star who had his vocal chords severed reclaims his forgotten past and seeks revenge against the. In the film, michael keith carradine, a crowdpleasing singer meets a flashy young woman, celia valentina vargas. Opening credits forty guns samuel fuller, 1957 youtube. Sam fullers last film as a director, made during his selfimposed european exile, stars keith carradine as once glamorous pop singer michael, who has been reduced to a grizzled street bum scavenging. Street of no return 1989 directed by samuel fuller. Cast and crew credits for street of no return, 1989, directed by samuel fuller, with keith carradine, valentina vargas, bill duke, at turner classic movies. Samuel fullers formidably feminist, embracingly revisionist 1957 western forty guns announces its boldness in an opening sequence whereby a ferocious barbara stanwyck stampedes and disrupts an approaching caravan of men on their way into the territory she commands from afar, heralded by her titular posse of miscreants and criminals who do. No scene in fuller s cinema encapsulates this better than the opening of pickup on south street where a filled subway car becomes the site of intrigued and intriguing glances as a group of strangers warily survey each other as potential victims and victimizers. Forty guns is a 1957 american western film written and directed by samuel fuller, filmed in blackandwhite cinemascope and released by the 20th century fox studio.
Overview of street of no return, 1989, directed by samuel fuller, with keith carradine, valentina vargas, bill duke, at turner classic movies. They tire of his brutality and rebel, stranding the despot and his few loyal soldiers in the burning sands with a few supplies. This is the last film samuel fuller s made before his dead. Usa 2 august 1991 new york city, new york portugal 25 june 1993. Street of no return was directed by samuel fuller, an american writer, actor, director, producer, and cinematographer. Cliff robertson, dolores dorn, victoria shaw, glenn corbett, james shigeta, broderick crawford, donna reed, phil karlson, samuel fuller. The samuel fuller film collection it happened in hollywood adventure in sahara power of the press the crimson kimono shockproof scandal sheet underworld u. Maverick director samuel fuller shares his movie plans at the 1992 edinburgh film festival by eyes on cinema. In four decades of directing, samuel fuller created a legendarily idiosyncratic oeuvre, examining u. Over the years, fullers reputation has changed from industry outsider to something of an icon amongst filmmakers and moviegoers alike. The first films of samuel fuller true west magazine. In the intervening 40 years, he created a cinematic universe filled with crusty reporters, unsentimental soldiers, cynical gunmen, and sexually experienced women, and he worked with whatever resources were available. Subtitles for samuel fullers street of no return 1989 languages guide.
Sam fuller s last film as a director, made during his selfimposed european exile, stars keith carradine as once glamorous pop singer michael, who has been reduced to a grizzled street bum scavenging for booze and food. The first films of samuel fuller his films have been called raw, outrageous, sensational, and daring. Street of no return 1989 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The crimson kimono samuel fuller, 1959 underworld u. Aug, 2018 u do kier walks into a texas saloon in 1989. After the disastrous studio mishandling of white dog, cult auteur samuel fuller turned his directorial eye towards europeanfinanced projects like the odd thieves after dark and the ever stranger street of no return, a hallucinatory blend of film noir and 80s kitsch based on a novel by david goodis shoot the piano player. Calle sin retorno street of no return samuel fullers street of no return. Street of no return made in portugal in the late 1980s, released in france in 1989 directed by samuel fuller starring keith carradine, valentina vargas, and bill duke adapted from the american existentialist crime novel by david goodis strange, intense yet otherworldly swan song for samuel fuller director samuel fullers films shock corridor and. Samuel fuller s film career began in the late 1930s, when he collaborated on the screenplays for numerous relatively minor films. Street of no return is a 1989 crime film directed by samuel fuller and starring keith carradine and valentina vargas. Street of no return samuel fullers street of no return. Carradine roams the country as a vagrant, until the day comes when he can take revenge on those who did him wrong, in this brutal action tale. This is the last film samuel fullers made before his dead.
If you like samuel fullers street of no return you are looking for tense, rough and bleak movies about with vengeance, false accusation, gangsters, crimes, hitman, forbidden love and memory loss themes of action, drama and crime genre shot in france or portugal. It is based on the 1954 novel with the same title written by david goodis. Based on david goodiss street of no return, this motion picture was cowritten and directed by samuel fuller. Street of no return is and is not a real return to form for maverick bmovie director samuel fuller, chiefly because he never really lost a form in the first place. Mar 31, 2008 the films of samuel fuller features close analysis of fullers pictures and draws on previously untapped production and regulatory files, script notes, and interviews to explore how artistic, economic, and industrial factors impacted fullers career choices and shaped the expression of his personal aesthetic. Samuel fuller, 1961 the daring and provocative films of maverick american filmmaker samuel fuller 19121997 were some of the most hardhitting, outspoken, politically progressive and visually audacious of the hollywood studio era. Sam fuller directs street of no return in rare broll. It stars cliff robertson, dolores dorn, and beatrice kay. A rock singer falls in love with a young girl whos the mistress of a real estate crook. Street of no return 1989 a washedup rock star who had his vocal chords severed reclaims his forgotten past and seeks revenge against the mobster who maimed him.
Street of no return, the novel, is constructed as a prolonged flashback wherein an alcoholic revisits his past while in search of refreshment for himself and his stumblebum cohorts. Rachel brosnahans amazon film im your woman adds six to cast, sets creative team exclusive 29 october 2019 variety film news star wars setback. Street of no return 1989 directed by samuel fuller genres crime. Street of no return is sam fullers final theatrical film, but unfortunately, in terms of quality, its closer to thieves after dark than his previous work. Starring sonny chiba, the film was the first to get an x rating for violence. Who is samuel fuller, well he is one of the best grindhouse writers and directors, as good. In such films as the steel helmet, pickup on south street, shock corridor, and the big red one, fuller gleefully challenged classical and generic normsand often standards of good tastein an by shooting a gun, samuel fuller has been lionized as one of the most distinctive writerdirectors ever to emerge from hollywood.
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