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In Reply to: BB..... posted by patrickU on April 16, 2003 at 04:07:32:
patrickU,I meant I was surprised as my impression is that you tend to be more enthusiastic for movies that tend towards cinema verite than fantasy.
The "Ghost and Mrs. Muir" is very well-done for it's atmosphere and the rather delicately wrought evolution of the characters out of their self-imposed loneliness. The fact of one of them being a ghost does not detract from the emotional content- as it does in many modern fantasies more interested in the "hardware" and action. Good photography too.
How about Alan Rickman in "Truly, Madly, Deeply"?
But my favourite Rex Harrison is probably "Unfaithfully Yours" with Linda Darnell. Harrison is a conductor who fantasizes about killing his allegedly unfaithful wife while conducting a symphonic concert.
Est-ce que je me rappelle exactement que vous etes francais, mais habite en Allemagne? Avez-vous des commentaires sur le cinema courrant en Allemagne? Je n'ai vu rien de la depuis la "Das Boot".
En outre, je fais des excuses pour inclure l'information que vous savez deja, mais pas chacun lecture pourrait savoir tout les memes films que nous discutons. -Also my terrible French!
Salut,
Bambi B
The "Ghost Goes West" is interesting but have never seen it. Yes, and I'm a Robert Donat fan also- "39 Steps" and "Goodbye Mr. Chips" are favourites of his.
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I do not know your understandind about " cinema verité " but how did your mind up that I do love it..In fact I can not stand it...What is MY understanding...Well, picture that are without any script or confuse one ( some Goddard ) it has nothing to do with " realist " or neo realist ( like many italians films ) Short the they are mostly boring.
As for Mrs. Muir do we not ALL live with gost or with the idea we make up from our loves one or friends ? So the Harrison character is more " real " than most of so-called " living "and again the over romantic music is wonderful ( as in Hitch " Spellbound -he hates it..)
Truly & Madly & deeply I did not see.
And I did not ( if I remember well ) love the "Unfaithfully "...
And yes I love the Donat you cited.
The German films ? well we had some discussion here on it...
I do not love them in general.
But the before war ( Lang ect ) where pure genius and inspired ALL the Wells and Hitch.....
patrickU,My mistake regarding cinema verite- I was thinking of movies that tend more towards a more natural, sometimes improvised and less rigid or contrived dialogue and styles.
Interesting obsevation of Harrison in "G&MM"- yes, we definitely add a certain amount out of memory, fantasy, and desire into our relationships.
I liked "unfaithfully Yours" I suppose becuase of the way Harrison's character sustained the high energy of his rage and passion and is shown transferring it into his art, and in dissappating the unfocussed, irrational end of it, comes back to his wife with even greater strength.
German film, yes I like the Murnau, Lang generation more than most of the later German directors- though Herzog is interesting, there are still often breaks in concentration and the intensity he wants is lost.
Cheers,
No, for me Herzog just try too hard and it is perceptible, but where I did love " sexy rexy "is in the most flamboyand role of all ( of this kind ) I speak of Pygmalion better know as " My Fair Lady ".
What a pleasure. Perfect as human can do.
Anyway almost all the good German directors ( Berlin ) did leave Germany before the war and became American...directors...or sceenwriters...or both like Wider.Bonjour salut,
P.
I will take another look at "Unfaithfully " when I come across....
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