Finally on DVD, Huston's film is interesting, long and solemn - unlike his best. In his own words he somehow manages to fall out with all the screenwriters - Jean-Paul Sartre (who wouldn't even allow his name to be used), Charles Kaufman and Wolfgang Reinhardt - as well as stars Montgomery Clift (sozzled) and Susannah York (spoiled) though still manages to get great performances out of them (some of the expressions on this fine actress are fantastic). It manages not to be dull through some great dream / flashback scenes, particularly one involving a strange hospital, which Douglas Slocombe shoots through the weirdest lens (which must have been quite risky). Ralph Kemplen is cutting, Jerry Goldsmith's score is somewhat spooky and there's even a sequence using electronic instruments.
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