"Night of the Hunter"

the American subconscious

"Ah, little lad, you're staring at my fingers. Would you like me to tell you the little story of right-hand/left-hand? The story of good and evil?"
And the story of childhood, and of men and women, and of L-O-V-E and H-A-T-E.
Charles Laughton's film of Davis Grubb's
novel is an allegory of 1950's America that resonates still. If you don't believe me just ask Joel and Ethan Coen.

Charles