This movie has a lot of arriving and leaving, but none of the characters actually goes anywhere.
Ha! Perfect. You're right about this.
The entire movie does have a very dreamlike quality.
I enjoyed the background on the director and all your observations. I don't know, he seemed to be lifting the girl up and her sacrifice seemed to redeem the cad/bounder's life IMO.
I'll have to check out his other films. The film was beautifully made but I don't know if I got the message it was trying to send. I was very frustrated with Lisa though.
We don't know how the duel ended up. Maybe the cad/bounder died. So Lisa was his last love.
enjoyed the background on the director and all your observations. I don't know, he seemed to be lifting the girl up and her sacrifice seemed to redeem the cad/bounder's life IMO.
That could very well be a more accurate interpretation of the film. I'm more judgemental about women who give all for Love, especially when the one whom they love is not Worth a Moment of their time or consideration. See how Judgemental I am?
But in a few of his other films that I have seen, Mr. Ophuls seems to have a different view of All for Love, or so I take it.
I think that you just have a crush on Stefan because he is so cute. Yeah, that is how I am going to see it. ;-)
I'll have to check out his other films.
Oh yes, I'll put La Ronde on our list for Movie Night.
We don't know how the duel ended up. Maybe the cad/bounder died. So Lisa was his last love.True. I don't think that he reformed himself if he survived the duel. Or did he? Would that even be possible? It all seemed so futile to me.. And then there is the first World War with its
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Frankly my dear... brijeanaDecember 8 2010, 03:26:34 UTC
True. I don't think that he reformed himself if he survived the duel. Or did he? Would that even be possible? It all seemed so futile to me.. And then there is the first World War with its dreadful casualties coming up in the near future and it will greatly change and affect that part of Europe and its people. And that War to End All Wars was futile too. Maybe, I am reading too much into it.This makes me think of Gone with the Wind. As much as that movie inspired sequels and made people wonder about Scarlet's tomorrows, the film was really about a bygone era and a lost chance. Hmm... Coulda Woulda Shoulda
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Ha! Perfect. You're right about this.
The entire movie does have a very dreamlike quality.
I enjoyed the background on the director and all your observations. I don't know, he seemed to be lifting the girl up and her sacrifice seemed to redeem the cad/bounder's life IMO.
I'll have to check out his other films. The film was beautifully made but I don't know if I got the message it was trying to send. I was very frustrated with Lisa though.
We don't know how the duel ended up. Maybe the cad/bounder died. So Lisa was his last love.
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That could very well be a more accurate interpretation of the film. I'm more judgemental about women who give all for Love, especially when the one whom they love is not Worth a Moment of their time or consideration. See how Judgemental I am?
But in a few of his other films that I have seen, Mr. Ophuls seems to have a different view of All for Love, or so I take it.
I think that you just have a crush on Stefan because he is so cute. Yeah, that is how I am going to see it. ;-)
I'll have to check out his other films.
Oh yes, I'll put La Ronde on our list for Movie Night.
We don't know how the duel ended up. Maybe the cad/bounder died. So Lisa was his last love.True. I don't think that he reformed himself if he survived the duel. Or did he? Would that even be possible? It all seemed so futile to me.. And then there is the first World War with its ( ... )
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