LADY IN THE LAKE PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Raymond Chandler | 266 pages | 01 Nov 2005 | Random House USA Inc | 9780394758251 | English | New York, United States The Lady of the Lake - The Witcher Wiki Perdita opens it without permission, which leads the spirit of Viola to choke her to death. After finding his second wife dead, Arthur believes the trunk is cursed and throws it in the lake with the eldest sister's spirit trapped inside. In the original Henry James story, their roles are entirely reversed and it is likely Flanagan made this change in order to better suit the source characters' characteristics. Viola has haunted the grounds of Bly Manor for nearly years. It is unknown when Miles and Flora first encountered the spirit but the little girl is deeply aware of how dangerous she is and Flora uses a faceless doll in order to track where she is at all times. In her bedroom, she has an exact replica of the manor and the surrounding areas in her room represent the various locations on the property. Her dresser represents the lake. When the doll is under the dresser, it means that Viola is in the lake but when she is in the middle of the room, it means she is on her way to the house. When Dani is walking the halls at night, the doll is seen heading towards the forbidden wing of the house. It is Flora's way of ensuring that the people she cares about stay safe from the woman who trapped several spirits in Bly Manor. In episode 1, "The Great Good Place," Miles and Flora lock Dani in the closet after she picks the doll up from the middle of the floor. They do so in order to keep her safe from Viola's malevolent spirit. As "The Romance of Certain Old Clothes" continues to tell the story of Viola and Perdita, it shifts towards solely focusing on the aftermath of the trunk being tossed into the lake. After Bly Manor is left vacant, she roams the house in search of the family that left her. It appears to take several decades for her features to fade but once they do, they are gone forever. When Viola got sick, she was forced to be in a room alone and away from her child. She lived out her final years without anyone to comfort her and without the two people she loved by her side in the ways that she wanted them. The reason she roams the house is in search of her husband and daughter. Every time she enters Bly Manor, she discovers they have not returned and Viola then takes whoever she encounters back to the lake with her turning them into Bly Manor's ghosts. Well this is a new favorite Christmas film of mine. Robert Montgomery's Lady in the Lake is such an incredible feat in first-person cinema. The execution is so brilliant, so inspired, I'll cobble a pair of cement shoes for the plot to go wade into the lake. There were so many times my heart was beating out of my chest, all put on edge by that eerie, heavenly choral score. A stupendously inventive effort in the genre. And yes, Audrey Totter's reactions are golden. Every frame she's on is eye-popping in more ways than one. A noir told entirely in first person is a gimmick, of course, and there's both strengths and weaknesses. As it is, though, the moments it works it works so well that all of the weak stuff can easily be swept under the rug. The climax, the slow crawl to the pay phone, and even the kiss are all starkly memorable. Montgomery's direction moreso than his lame attempt at a brusque accent really keeps the movie moving, even if they have to wallpaper over the gaps with a few direct-to-the-camera sequences. All that being said, Audrey Totter's eyebrows are now one of my most favorite things in the entire universe. Inspired by the first-person narrative of Raymond Chandler's Marlowe novels, first-time director Robert Montgomery tackled the Lady in the Lake mystery by filming it almost entirely in the first-person perspective. It's a unique effect, which was later used, more effectively, in the first half of Dark Passage. Due to its experimentation, Lady in the Lake is something to be admired more than cherished. The limitations of the first-person perspective are glaring, like how it keeps the story contained to sets. We don't even get to go to the titular lake! Montgomery's Marlowe only talks about it in confusing exposition, and that's a huge change from the source novel. The setting change to…. While there is a mystery to be solved here, the dedication of director Robert Montgomery to first person POV takes over the film. The effect is not distant to a first person shooter video game and the acting, to the camera, is awkward and self aware to the point that it completely took me out of the film. While there are moments that work, this is a frustrating film. This has a nice Chandler plot and great Chandler dialogue. Add in the over-clever POV gimmick, with the resultant straight-in-the-camera over-acting, and you have loads of distinctive fun. Merry Christmas! Without the POV gimmick that it's best known for, I don't think anybody would have paid much interest in Lady in the Lake. Otherwise it's a pretty formulaic noir with no great surprises. Maybe that's the reason they decided to make it like this in the first place, knowing full well there really wasn't enough here to make it stand out from the tons of other crime mysteries being made at that time. It was a pretty good decision, actually. There's nothing actually wrong with the story here, it's just recognisable in every single way. That's not really a problem with me, I don't mind a film raking over the…. Review by Chloe. Maybe Robert Montgomery should get some credit for trying something new with the whole 'it's all from Philip Marlowe's POV' thing, but his performance - which, by necessity, is largely narration - is so heinous that I'm not inclined to give him any. What a disaster. I know Marlowe can be a terse character, and it's been a while since I've read any of the books, but I didn't remember anything about him despising everyone he meets the second that he meets them. He comes across as loathsome and cruel; there's no lightness or wit to him. That makes it very confusing when one of the women acts all gushy after he's spoken, and you realise that what you've just…. In my first ever film class, my prof talked about the subjective camera and used this film as an example. My recollection of that was him saying that this movie tried it and was the example for why POV films aren't made. So I was excited to watch it! Hey Drew hope retirement is treating you well. And yeah, I get his point. I'm not gonna say that this film really worked. The acting was often awkward, and I feel really bad for Audrey Totter for having to pretend to seduce a literal film camera lmaoo. The Magical Murder Mystery Tour. Lady in the Lake's first-person filmmaking gimmick is undoubtedly novel for the time period, but director and star Robert Montgomery's approach to this Philip Marlowe adaptation is pretty much the only interesting thing about it, as its central mystery doesn't really offer much in the way of surprises and the plot simply feels empty. Definitely some problems with this but I just really appreciate what they were going for. Haven't seen much like that from that time period and it was impressive. Some of the POV closeup shots were incredible. We only see Montgomery as Marlowe a few times, when he looks in mirrors. Anyways, I like this version of Marlowe that we see, or rather, hear, in this adaptation. The Lady In The…. I get what it was trying to do and they picked the right genre to do this with, however, the plot was incredibly stale and the characters were not captivating at all. Also, zero swords - Very disappointing. I read a few more Raymond Chandler novels recently and was curious to see the film adaptations, which aren't as well known as The Big Sleep etc but all sounded interesting in their own way. This first one is a particularly interesting production, because Robert Montgomery opted to shoot it all POV style, only appearing as Marlowe in reflections and a couple of short scenes where he speaks directly to camera. I found this pretty charming and inventive to begin with, less so as the film starts to run out of steam a little later on - not helped by a few changes to the source material that stretch credibility a little, and the presumably budgetary? 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