How in the world isn't this film a classic?

A video essay about the great underrated 1948 thriller "The Big Clock", directed by John Farrow.
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John Farrow was not a celebrated auteur, he's a journeyman going from film to film with professional craftsmanship; the type of director who doesn't get celebrated, no matter how well he does his job. And in "The Big Clock" he did something splendid!
Find out how he stages and shoots one perfect scene after the other here, how he uses long takes, dynamic blocking, depth of field, minutious compositions and camera motion to keep a perfect plot flowing.
"The Big Clock" is about George Strout (Ray Milland), editor of a crime magazine subsidiary to Janoth Publications, a media conglomerate ruled by Earl Janoth (Charles Laughton). After Janoth kills his mistress, Pauline York (Rita Johnson), he orders George to lead a manhunt to find... George? It's a great story. Elsa Lanchester plays a wonderfully entertaining role. And did Janoth's pinky mannerism inspire Dr. Evil?
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