Here's some quick Letterboxd thoughts for THE ASPHALT JUNGLE (1950): https://boxd.it/1jFs39
ASPHALT JUNGLE is another essential directed by the great John Huston. I’m always a sucker for procedural storytelling, but the stylized light and stark shadows create one of film history’s best caper sequences. Also, told with deep focus lenses, you get a lot of unspoken narrative in a small frame.
As always, I love seeing Sterling Hayden on screen. He’s a massive and intimidating man. However, he’s able to earn the audience’s sympathy by acting in small, quiet, and emotional scenes. As much as we’d like for our leading hooligan to wash away the dirt of the city life, Film Noir never allows this to happen. Ending in the sunny fields of bluegrass country, the final frames are fatalistic and even ironic.
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