http://filmjournal.net/paulwjm/2008/07/15/werewolf-of-london/ The Darkest Corner of the Web Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:34:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.0 http://filmjournal.net/paulwjm/2008/07/15/werewolf-of-london/#comment-4110 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:53:24 +0000 http://filmjournal.net/paulwjm/2008/07/15/werewolf-of-london/#comment-4110 I also think Hull's werewolf is ok. I kind of like the movie too - it's just that Chaney's look and take on the part has become so iconic that it tends to overshadow Hull. I also think Hull’s werewolf is ok. I kind of like the movie too - it’s just that Chaney’s look and take on the part has become so iconic that it tends to overshadow Hull.

]]> http://filmjournal.net/paulwjm/2008/07/15/werewolf-of-london/#comment-4104 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:07:29 +0000 http://filmjournal.net/paulwjm/2008/07/15/werewolf-of-london/#comment-4104 It's an interesting theory, Colin, and very probably correct. I'm not sure if I can remember seeing them but apparently the photographs of Pierce's tests on Hull have been released somewhere, which would make a nice comparison to Chaney's wolfman. I quite like Hull's make-up here though, if only because it's quite distinctive. It’s an interesting theory, Colin, and very probably correct. I’m not sure if I can remember seeing them but apparently the photographs of Pierce’s tests on Hull have been released somewhere, which would make a nice comparison to Chaney’s wolfman. I quite like Hull’s make-up here though, if only because it’s quite distinctive.

]]> http://filmjournal.net/paulwjm/2008/07/15/werewolf-of-london/#comment-4098 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:33:53 +0000 http://filmjournal.net/paulwjm/2008/07/15/werewolf-of-london/#comment-4098 I think the wolf make-up, or lack of it, is one reason this film isn't more highly regarded. Chaney's look is more effective as it makes him less obviously human. Maybe part of the reason you find Chaney's Wolf Man unthreatening is down to his playing of Talbot. There's so much pathos that you just have to feel sorry for the big fella. So, even when he transforms some of that sympathy still lingers. At least that's the way I felt about it. I think the wolf make-up, or lack of it, is one reason this film isn’t more highly regarded. Chaney’s look is more effective as it makes him less obviously human. Maybe part of the reason you find Chaney’s Wolf Man unthreatening is down to his playing of Talbot. There’s so much pathos that you just have to feel sorry for the big fella. So, even when he transforms some of that sympathy still lingers.
At least that’s the way I felt about it.

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