Sweet Smell of Success

Sweet Smell of Success shines and crackles, its look defined by crisp contrasts and deep pools of shadow. JWH lit each crevice of Burt Lancaster's pock-marked JJ Hunsecker, revealing in the eyes a bottomless despair --you squirm with Tony Curtis' Sidney as he gets into it deeper and deeper. The other main character, New York City, spins and wheels and lurches around you, like nothing you've seen. – R. Byington