Fury
by Fritz Lang
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Actor: Bruce Cabot, Edward Ellis, Spencer Tracy, Sylvia Sidney, Walter AbelDirector: Fritz Lang
Brand: SIDNEY,SYLVIA
Cinematographer: Joseph Ruttenberg
Writer: Fritz Lang
Editor: Frank Sullivan
Producer: J.J. Cohn
Producer: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Writer: Bartlett Cormack
Writer: Norman Krasna
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 92 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-05-10
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Warner Home Video
DVD Reviews of Fury
DVD Review: A Daring Film, Far Ahead Of Its Time.
Summary: 5 Stars
In 2005, courtesy Turner Classic Movies
(TCM), I had the pleasure of seeing one
of the most remarkable films ever made.
It was remarkable because of the subject
matter, the time of its creation, the
principal players who brought it to life,
and the director who made it all work,
despite the odds.
The film is FURY, starring Sylvia Sidney
and Spencer Tracy. Made in 1936 for MGM,
it was the work of noted German director
Fritz Lang, the filmmaker who revolutionized
the entire field with his Speculative classic
METROPOLIS, and jolted the field further with
the chilling social indictments delivered in
M.
FURY, in fact, was his first American film,
a towering introspective look into the heinous
nature of lynching, the evil the very act
inflicts upon all involved, and the cancerous
ramifications that such deeds hold for the
well-being of anyone, whether conspirator or
survivor. Indeed, the most ingenious point about
FURY is its compelling way of showcasing how
such roles can turn in upon themselves, showing
that no one is impervious to hatred, and its
terrible cost.
Point is, of course, that Hollywood-bound
filmmakers were not making films against lynching
in 1936, when the libelous melodrama of D. W.
Griffith's BIRTH OF A NATION yet held sway over
an entire period of lawlessness, where even
Universal monster films had glorified mob rule
as a righteous therapy for a disgruntled grass
roots.
For such a conscientious social drama to be done
at MGM, the home of glitter, glamour, andgiddiness
was a sure sign of the lack of industry perception
and respect that FURY would be subjected to upon
its release, and ever since.
Yet the brilliance of the film speaks its own cause
quite eloquently. It cuts through the bilge that
mob rule comes chiefly from "outside agitators",
that lynching is a spectator sport, and that such
activities come solely from men. Too, FURY is far
ahead of its time in pinpointing the fuel placed
on such volatile matters by a news media more
concerned with highlighting a spectacle for rank
viewership than pinpointing the Truths and Lies
at hand.
Sadly, these are points that are apparently lost
upon noted filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich, whose
commentary for the Warner Bros. DVD release seems
more preoccupied with citing Lang's technical prowess
while persistently denying his ability to deliver
emotional impact. A look at the charged passions
at play in FURY renders such opinionations absurd.
In utilizing camera angles to show a subject's
detachment from pleas of the heart or points of
sobering common sense, Lang avoids mawkish melodrama
and brandishes cinematic artistry of the highest
order; letting the narrative -and its hapless
participants- speak its own absorbing
piece.
Indeed, one of the film's strongest points
-totally ignored by Bogdanovich- is the presence
of African Americans in FURY. While it could
certainly be argued that FURY's absence of Black
people in principal roles is a glaring omission
in a film whose subject has involved the murder
of untold masses of Black people in this country
over the course of centuries, the fact is that
any Hollywood film which depicted African
Americans as something to be respected -even
in a symbolic light- was one hell of a daring
move in 1936!
It would have been informative had some light
been shed upon these handful of Black actors
spotlighted in something other than the period's
coonshine caricatures; particularly the young
lady hanging her laundry while singing a wistful
song about freedom, or the bartender whose
comments help to set the film toward its
pulsating climax.
Certainly, having a young shoe-shine boy dash
out the way of a raging lynch mob -in itself-
makes an emotionally ironic point which was not
lost upon FURY's viewers... or its worst
detractors.
Great work from a marvelous array of character
performers -among them Bruce Cabot and Walter
Brennan- add to the intricate depiction of the
issues and people involved, and a sharp score
from composer Franz Waxman heightens the depth
of tensions tightening its beckoning noose. Most
of all, Tracy and Sidney are superb in their
depiction of hard-working lovers fighting the
despair of post-Depression America, fraught with
racketeers, political graft, and a dangerous
complacency.
Master Tracy is brilliant as the working man
striving to make an honest living, only to be
imperiled by blind Fate and civic irresponsibility.
Equally the master, Sidney is dynamite as the
sharp teacher who stands as the film's single
voice of unwavering compassion and clear
wisdom.
If the film's period stands out as the years
move on, it matters little. Almost any of the
finest films made will reflect the times from
which they came. Look at the films of Cagney
and Bogart. Yet, the tale and its impact
carries its point of origin proudly, while
effectively addressing untold generations
across the span of decades. Too, the fact
that Lang had considerable conflict with
many parties over FURY's conception does
not lessen the immense success of this
probing story. One might as well deny
the genius of SPARTACUS because Director
Stanley Kubrick fought with star & Executive
Director Kirk Douglas over the nature of
that film's content. As was the case in
SPARTACUS, behind-the-scenes conflicts
seem to have actually contributed to a
momentous, visionary effort with FURY.
It is an effort which deserves its just due as a
milestone in one of the most turbulent careers
in the history of motion pictures. No mere
cinematic curio, Fritz Lang's FURY is a powerful
drama which entertains serious thought about a
subject which still rears its ugly head to mock
decent people, and true civilization, everywhere.
Description of Fury
A man is wrongly jailed for kidnapping, and a mob wanting him dead burns down the jail holding him, he escapes and seeks revenge.Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: NR
Release Date: 10-MAY-2005
Media Type: DVD
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