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Del Toro’s Nightmare Alley, a “neo-noir” thriller, is based on the 1946 novel of the same title by William Lindsay Gresham (1909-1962) about a mentalist/con man who flies too close to the sun.
With Tyrone Power in the lead, the first adaptation had to find ways to tell a story of soul sickness that wouldn’t offend censors.
The new film Nightmare Alley tells a story of a cheap grifter who gets too big for his britches. The film is a remake, but KUNC film critic Howie Movshovitz, who teaches film at CU-Denver, says this old story is told beautifully.