Comments on: The Lady From Shanghai (1947): “Then the beasts took to eating each other” http://filmsnoir.net/film_noir/the-lady-from-shanghai-1948-then-the-beasts-took-to-eating-each-other.html filmsnoir.net: an oasis of noir in a desert of banality Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:50:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Hard-Boiled Dick http://filmsnoir.net/film_noir/the-lady-from-shanghai-1948-then-the-beasts-took-to-eating-each-other.html/comment-page-1#comment-2233 Hard-Boiled Dick Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:50:38 +0000 http://filmsnoir.net/film_noir/the-lady-from-shanghai-1948-then-the-beasts-took-to-eating-each-other.html#comment-2233 How to go Shark Fishing in 5 Easy Steps 1. Get about 200 lbs. of bait (“Somebody’s Fool” bait works best) 2. Put the bait on large meat hooks 3. Drop the bait into the ocean – Caribbean, Mexico, and California work well 4. Work the sharks into a feeding frenzy – attorney sharks, Shanghai sharks, two-bit sweating sharks 5. Haul the sharks to an amusement park for a surrealistic samurai finale If you don’t get this flick, watch it at least 10 times. Take a rest, some aspirin, a couple shots of bourbon, and then watch it again. You’ll never tire of it, if you like sharks, triple double crosses, and frenzied malaise. How to go Shark Fishing in 5 Easy Steps

1. Get about 200 lbs. of bait (“Somebody’s Fool” bait works best)

2. Put the bait on large meat hooks

3. Drop the bait into the ocean – Caribbean, Mexico, and California work well

4. Work the sharks into a feeding frenzy – attorney sharks, Shanghai sharks, two-bit sweating sharks

5. Haul the sharks to an amusement park for a surrealistic samurai finale

If you don’t get this flick, watch it at least 10 times. Take a rest, some aspirin, a couple shots of bourbon, and then watch it again. You’ll never tire of it, if you like sharks, triple double crosses, and frenzied malaise.

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]]> By: film noir movie reviews directors books articles posters frames trailers dvds http://filmsnoir.net/film_noir/the-lady-from-shanghai-1948-then-the-beasts-took-to-eating-each-other.html/comment-page-1#comment-161 film noir movie reviews directors books articles posters frames trailers dvds Tue, 01 Jan 2008 11:48:22 +0000 http://filmsnoir.net/film_noir/the-lady-from-shanghai-1948-then-the-beasts-took-to-eating-each-other.html#comment-161 [...] the emergence of protagonists with pronounced psychoses: The Big Sleep (1945), Gilda (1946), and The Lady From Shanghai (1947). Within the noir series Gilda was a film apart, an almost unclassifiable movie in which [...] [...] the emergence of protagonists with pronounced psychoses: The Big Sleep (1945), Gilda (1946), and The Lady From Shanghai (1947). Within the noir series Gilda was a film apart, an almost unclassifiable movie in which [...]

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