in the past month 2 bloggers I follow -- Richard Lopez & Bill Reed -- independently wrote abt Herk Harvey's 1962 film. so last nite I gave it a look-see.
it's obvious that it was made quickly & cheaply. but it deserves its cult reputation because of its visual quality. we know that Harvey was an admirer of Fellini but he must have studied Hitchcock & Welles too.
I kept having thots of Smithson while watching it. & reading abt the history of the film afterward I learnd that Saltair -- the Utah carnival location -- apparently sunk into the water.
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