![]() ![]() I’ll also leave it to you to determine whether or not Lynley and Dullea overplay their parts. (In fact, I have purposefully withheld several.) If you haven’t seen the film, I dare not give you any further details. When Ann arrives to pick Bunny up from her first day at preschool, Ann finds that Bunny has disappeared. If you haven’t seen it, Bunny Lake is Missing is a mystery/suspense/thriller about an American woman named Ann Lake (Carol Lynley, above right) and her daughter Bunny who have just moved to London, where Ann’s brother Stephen Lake (Keir Dullea, above left) already lives. Perhaps some of the problems stem from scenes that linger too long after the reveal of what really happened or, more likely, an ending whose familiarity is embedded into our cinematic consciousness after these many years. I think he knew exactly what he was doing. tyrannical) control of his films – simply didn’t know what he was doing with the ending. I simply do not believe that Otto Preminger – a director so meticulous with camera angles, direction of actors, and absolute (i.e. I’m not so sure I agree with that assessment. If you read almost any reviews of Bunny Lake is Missing, you’ll find that most critics praise the first two-thirds of the film, lamenting that the structure crumbles to ruins during the final half hour or so. Screenplay by John Mortimer, Penelope Mortimer, Ira Levin (uncredited) Schuteīased on a novel by Marryam Modell (as Evelyn Piper) ![]()
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