I first saw this in the mid 90's and had no idea what to make of it. It is pretty damn bizarre at times and also the first Sam Fuller film I'd ever seen. I saw it for a 2nd time on Valentine's Day 1998 at Film Forum but hadn't seen it since.
On third viewing, I can't say that this is one of my favorite Sam Fuller films. It is fun and definitely of its avant-garde time but overall I just couldn't get into it the way I did when I was in my mid 20's.
The film is about a cynical reporter who fakes being insane so he can go undercover in an insane asylum so he can solve a recent murder and ... then win a Pulitzer. Things go nuts though when the reporter actually starts going nuts.
There are many great moments in the film - there are some moments that actually make me feel insane. And I love Fuller's use of his color films from travels in Asia in the otherwise black and white film. The twist at the end is great.
I think I had just built this movie up too much in my mind since it is one of those movies that kind of played a pivotal role for me in the mid 90's when I started discovering films and filmmakers I had never heard of before. And the scene with the nymphos is absolutely brilliantly perfectly insane.
Directed by Sam Fuller
1963
TCM
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