Samuel Fuller

...played by Burl Ives. As Fuller tells it in his autobiography, "A Third Face," Paramount granted an N.A.A.C.P. representative permission to visit the set to vet the movie's depiction of black characters. Understandably insulted,...

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...unpolished little jewel. Back story: After a crackpot racism charge lobbed by people who hadn't seen it, Paramount pulled the U.S. release of Fuller's quickly shot adaptation of Romain Gary's story Chien Blanc. The movie casts Paul...

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...University, referred to the film as "an impassioned attack on racial hatred". Another New York Times reviewer, Janet Maslin, praised Fuller's "command of stark, spooky imagery", "B-style bluntness", and the way the cinematography, scene...

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...Winfield's obsession with turning the dog. As a metaphor for racism this is hardly subtle stuff, and Fuller's guerilla filmmaking style is stark and lean, gripping and harsh. A benign introduction to the dog's original trainer...

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...is brought in to deprogram the dog. Winfield is amazing in the movie, giving one of the best overlooked performances of his career and Sam Fuller gives us an ending that's a punch in the taint. Criterion put out this release so you can...

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