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Shock Corridor
Criterion Collection Samuel Fuller`s honest, visionary pulp film uses an insane asylum as a metaphor for American society. The inmates include a black man who thinks he`s a white supremacist, a Korean War Vet who thinks he`s a Civil Wa...
Samuel Fuller`s honest, visionary pulp film uses an insane asylum as a metaphor for American society. The inmates include a black man who thinks he`s a white supremacist, a Korean War Vet who thinks he`s a Civil War Confederate general, and a nuclear physicist who has reverted to childhood. This microcosm, which Fuller created in 1963, has lost none of its force over time. In addition, the film`s treatment of journalistic hubris foreshadows the contemporary problem of media becoming corrupted by its compliant association with governmental elites. In SHOCK CORRIDOR, a journalist (Peter Breck) hoping to get a scoop on a murder suspect has himself committed to a mental institution where the inmates have information on the culprit. As the film unfolds, the purity of the hero`s mission is undercut by his own monomaniacal ego. Things go terribly awry, and although he gets his story, he pays a high price for his success.
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