Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Bambi B (A) on May 22, 2008 at 07:22:46

In Reply to: RE: No, the sewers in Andrejz Wadas films posted by grinagog on May 22, 2008 at 01:15:01

grinagog,

First, in defense of "The Third Man" sewer precendence, that was filmed in 1946 while "Kanal" -no matter how sweet smelling it is- was released in 1957.

But, thank you, I always appreciate learning about other good sewer movies. A search for "sewers" on the IMdb yields:

1.William S. Burroughs: Commissioner of Sewers (1991)
2.Égouts du paradis, Les (1979) aka "The Sewers of Paradise"
3.The Great Riviera Bank Robbery (1979) aka "Sewers of Gold" - UK
4.Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Back from the Sewers (1991) (VG)
5.Children of the Sewers (1999) (TV)

Don't all of these- except the Turtles rubbish- sound intriguing?

There is also the role of the sewer in "The Shawshank Redemption" - Tim Robbins crawls 500 yards through a sewer to escape.

I had never heard of "Kanal", but the IMdb synopses sounds promising.

It's interesting as sewers- like the Viennese in "The Third Man" was used as a metaphor for Harry Lime's (Welles) complete ammorality and degredation- he's trapped like a rat. The shot of Welles' fingers poking through the street grate waving like blades a grass feeling the free air above ground a final time was very sriking. In "Shawshank" the crawl to freedom suggests his "final payment" as part of his redemption.

Now, I'm wondering what will be the promise of "The Sewers of Paradise"?

Cheers,

Bambi B