Title: Court-Room Masterpiece
Product review: Preminger's 'Anatomy of a Murder' has stood the test of time. The black and white cinematography remains superb; Ellington's score a reminder of how film music has lost atmosphere and style, and the direction completely engaging and focusing. James Stewart, stalwart as ever, convinces as the humane and vulnerable attorney, and Lee Remick shines as the teasing, taunting rape-victim-or-not -- a fabulous portrait of complexity and range. George C Scott has the Mount-Rushmore grandeur of a figurehead of legal absolutness, and Eve Arden comments sagely in her secretarial capacity. At 160 minutes, you might think it's a long haul. In fact it's a centred journey into stylistic, haunting movie-making. Very engaging. END
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