The Night of the Hunter

“This is The Night of the Hunter. Charles Laughton. Charles Laughton, for those who don’t know him, was an actor, this is the only film he’s done. He was a big adult when he did it, I think over 50 years old. So this means that there is always hope in life to get something very, very good done once. I think when you’re a child and you get the luck of discovering very strong movies like this, it’s very difficult after that to escape from cinema.”

“There's one up here... Night of the Hunter. It's this very famous movie and Martin McDonagh and I first met him was like Night of the Hunter this, Night of the Hunter that. I remember watching it and having a big effect on me and I remember didn't he have tattoos and his hands that really stuck out to me so I'm going to take this one. Maybe I'll give it to Martin for a present or maybe I'll keep it.”

“This is my favorite film The Night of the Hunter I think I saw it my father showed it to me on his big screen and at the time it was quite incredible it was in 1980 to have a it was the starting point of videos and we just it was like having a movie theater at home so it was quite special and he loved Robert Mitchum and then it just never left me I just live with it the sound the songs also and him of course Mitchum okay so this is a keeper...”

“Regardez-le la nuit du chasseur maintenant c'est un film qui m'a tellement marqué... C'est tellement magnifique qui concerne l'enfance et moi j'aime énormément l'enfance... C'est ce film qui a fait que j'ai osé écrire Je m'appelle Hmmm..., tourner le film que j'ai fait... évidemment tout est beau la musique quand il chante la nuit sur son cheval comme ça fait peur...”

“Night of the Hunter. It is absurdist, it’s incredible, and my godmother, Shelley Winters, is so incredible in this movie, as she is in every Performance. You must see this movie.”

“Oh man, this is a classic. The Night of the Hunter. This is one, this is a staple in your video library. Got to have this, this is a must-have.”

“One of my favorite films. This film really has stuck with me since being shown it by my mom when I was gosh, very young, maybe 12 or 13, The Night of the Hunter. It's a fable, it's a terrifying nursery rhyme that literally by the end halfway through sort of dips into the fantasy of a child. The most incredible Performance of Robert Mitchum. One image that always sticks to my mind is him going into a strip joint, puts his hand in his pocket and his flick knife appears through his trousers.”

“You should all see Night of the Hunter. And sadly, the reviews were very mixed and he never made another film again. He felt so defeated by the reviews—that's why you shouldn't read reviews. But Charles Laughton, one of our greatest actors, and based on this, could have been one of our greatest directors. I'm just sort of going with the classics, but I love this movie.”

“This Charles Laughton great movie scary movie and I was surprised that he was able to pull this off.”

“Night of the Hunter is just one of the most, maybe the most important films that anybody should see, made outside of the Hollywood system with no money and with the tone and with a nuance. It's Charles Laughton's only film as a director. It's just, it's been quoted and quoted but it is an astonishment to watch every time.”