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By charles pope
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A deply moving and superbly downbeat tale of a womanslifelongobsession with a pianist. This is the type of film that requires your total attention.
The little non dialogue moments are rich and evocative.
I think this is one of Louis Jordan,s best roles.When Fontaine realizes that she is not even remembered it reminds me of the devastation of of Geraldine Page in " Summer and Smoke" Its not the same but a jolting heart event that will score the emotions of viewers.
Wouldnt it have been nice if Ophuls were to continue making films like this one.
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Fontaine is at her best in this story of everlasting yet unreciprocated love. She is as memorable here as she was in Hitchcock's Rebecca. The whole movie is exquisite: first-rate performances, direction, photography, score. Warning: This video edition has a dreadful introduction by Roddy McDowall. Just fast forward and enjoy the movie.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Not the usual tearjeaker of the fourties (see how far from, say, Mildred Pierce, this is). Not the usual women's picture. A deep study of "amour fou" in a very stylish, elegant high melodrama wisely directed by Max Ophuls. That Screen MASTER (with capitals) knew how to confer the film a tasteful sense of the turn-of-century romantic european atmosphere. But its assets are not only limited to screenplay and art direction. Two rather histrionically limited players (Fontaine and Jourdan, who else could be?) are fully potentiated to give their best of their usual screen image. All the traits of the Fontaine's charachter (shyness, demureness) are fully used in this hopeless (as all crazy loves) story of a woman who has her meaning of life in her love for a pianist who ignores her. She is poignant and strangely believable in her longlife obsession. The charms of Jourdan have never been better used than in that film (though he repeated it with much less success in Mme. Bovary). The third player -Vienna-, though just reproduced in stage, acquires a full dimension and integrates completely well into the movie. We can FEEL the city as we have never felt before. A sensible and truly romantic movie for all time.
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Published on Oct 13 2001 by Fernando Melendez
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Published on Oct 3 2001 by Charles Reichenthal
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Published on Feb 16 2001 by Randy Buck
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A fantastic film, but I don't know why.
I can't quite decide why I love this movie so much. It may be that Lisa still loves Stefan till the end. Read more
Published on April 26 1999
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Obsession in Play
This downbeat story is not for all tastes, however the acting and direction add the right tecture to the narrative of a woman who has a lifelong absession with a classic painist(... Read more
Published on April 15 1999
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