: It is interesting that when movies have adapted first
person
: narration stories, especially detective fiction, when the
movie uses
: first person they tend to have the narrator talk to someone
or
: something.
A stranger example is Robert Montgomery's version of _The
Lady in the
Lake_, which is *shot* in the first person: we only see
Marlowe
(Montgomery) when he looks in a mirror, and when Audrey
Totter slaps
him, she slaps the side of the camera. I haven't seen it in
years,
but I remember it as being good. (And I notice the IMDB
treats Ellay
Mort as a real person.)
: Radio detective shows on the other hand thrived on first
person. And
: these shows did it in a present tense I am talking the
audience as
: it happens. Which could be funny if one thinks about it.
Walking
: down the street shouting narration like a mad man.
Have you ever heard the Firesign Theatre's Nick Danger
sketches?
They're take-offs of old detective radio shows, and make all
kinds of
fun of narration, as well as special effects and just about
everything
else.
Bill
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