Sleuth (Why We Love Cinema)

Sleuth

UK 1972 | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | vostFR | 138’ | 35mm | Cast : Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine, Alec Cawthorne | D’après : la pièce d’Anthony Shaffer

♥ because it gives two great actors two of their best roles.

L’auteur de romans policiers Andrew Wyke invite dans sa résidence le coiffeur playboy Milo Tindle, amant de sa femme. Il le soumet à une diabolique machination, mais rira bien qui rira le dernier…

« Rarely has a film so precisely, by its very form, established its maker as the all-powerful, organizing intelligence that the audience cannot perceive directly. This concept is deeply rooted in Mankiewicz’s attitude toward his subject and his art. » (Positif)