Leave Her to Heaven

Darkness and claustrophobia mark the visual style of many film noirs: the use of black-and-white or gloomy grays, low-key lighting, striking contrasts between light and dark, shadows, nighttime or interior settings and rain-soaked streets. Leave Her to Heaven proves the magnificent exception. Filmed in vibrant, three-strip Technicolor, many pivotal scenes occur in spectacular outdoor locations, shot by famed cinematographer Leon Shamroy in Arizona and California.

A classic femme fatale, Gene Tierney stars as Ellen, whose charisma and stunning visage mask a possessive, sociopathic soul triggered by "loving too much." Anyone who stands between her and those she obsessively loves tend to meet "accidental" deaths, most famously a teen boy who drowns in a chilling scene.

Martin Scorsese has labeled Heaven as among his all-time favorite films and Tierney one of film's most underrated actresses. Leave Her to Heaven makes a supremely compelling case for these sentiments.

Leave Her to Heaven was added to the National Film Registry in 2018.

Tropes used in Leave Her to Heaven include:

This page needs more trope entries. You can help this wiki by adding more entries or expanding current ones.

    This article is issued from Allthetropes. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.