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Desgraciadamente, MOONTIDE es una de las escasas películas de la colección "Los esenciales del cine negro" que falta en mis (cada vez más repletas) estanterías. He conseguido una copia en V.O.S.E. que aunque se puede ver, acostumbrado ya al cine en HD, se me va a hacer cuesta arriba el visionado. Por cierto, aunque en el libro de entrevistas del recientemente fallecido Peter Bogdanovich hablan de CONFIRM OR DENY, quizás por la presencia de la actriz Joan Bennett, no se menciona para nada MOONTIDE. En la base de datos del AFI se dice lo siguiente:

During production of this film, the title was frequently spelled Moon Tide, as is the title of Willard Robertson's novel. HR news items note that Fritz Lang was originally assigned to direct the picture, and that he worked on it, with director of photography Lucien Ballard, until 8 Dec 1941. According to a 6 Dec 1941 New York Journal American article, noted French actor Jean Gabin, who made his American film debut in Moontide, asked for Lang to direct the film "not only because of their old friendship, but, realizing the importance of his first film here, he wanted a maestro whose work he knew and admired." A 9 Dec 1941 HR news item noted that Lang was switched to another film due to "a disagreement over treatment of the story" and that he was replaced by Archie Mayo. Ballard was replaced by Charles Clarke.
En la Wiki se lee:

"Soon after shooting began, director Fritz Lang left the project, rumored to be due to friction he had with Gabin regarding Marlene Dietrich, who had been involved with both men. It's not known which early footage is shot by Lang or replacement director Archie Mayo."

O sea, que aquí no se hace referencia a discrepancias sobre el guion, sino a razones más mundanas.

Asumo, pues, dedicar un breve comentario a esa primera aventura norteamericana de Jean Gabin, al que estamos viendo en el hilo de Renoir (esta semana, sin ir más lejos, en la excelente La bête humaine, de la que Lang rodaría un remake o, si se quiere, una nueva adaptación de la novela de Zola).