Tuesday, July 14, 2009

The Snake Pit (1948)

A woman begins to show signs of madness and is committed to an institution.

The screenplay is clearly schematical, with lots of psychoanalitical clichés. What makes the film watchable is the mise-en-scène, which is capable of creating some memorable sequences (the one about the rug which no one is supposed to walk on springs to mind, but there are others).

Rating:52

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