Otto Preminger
3 titles · american classical
Preminger produced his own films and used that freedom to take on subjects the Production Code avoided. In Laura a police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he is investigating. Anatomy of a Murder follows a semi-retired Michigan lawyer defending an army lieutenant who shot a man he says raped his wife. Bonjour Tristesse is set on the Riviera with a decadent teenager and her playboy father.
Signature
- Long, fluid takes that keep characters in one frame.
- Challenging censorship (Anatomy of a Murder).
- Title sequences by Saul Bass.
- Moral ambiguity left for the audience to judge.
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