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In a Lonely Place

An Artist’s Apology

Zoe Kurland·
Issue 94: Forgiveness
In A Lonely Place (1950) | Art by Tony Stella
Nicholas Ray's In a Lonely Place isn’t a whodunnit or a murder mystery. Rather, it’s the tale of a man who refuses to apologize for his bad behavior and the city that bends over backwards to excuse him anyways. 
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It’s Lonely Out Here, So You Better Learn How To Talk

Merritt Mecham·
Issue 73: Los Angeles
While Beginners and In a Lonely Place are radically different films, both portray their characters’ attempts to close the distance between themselves and others, drifting through chiasmatic stories from fear to delusion to fear again. 
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