La Ronde (1950, Max Ophuls)
A theater adaptation that starts out stagey and effortlessly segues into movie form. The narrator shows up, walking around a carousel, tells us what’s going on, gives direction to one of the...
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Letter From An Unknown Woman (1948, Max Ophuls)
Set in Vienna, 1900, same as La Ronde. My third Ophuls movie, and the third with horse-drawn carriages. Seems a straightforward old-hollywood love story at first, then seems a lot more grown-up and...
View ArticleLe Plaisir (1951, Max Ophuls)
“Still, it’s very sad.” “But, my friend, happiness is not a joyful thing.” Three filmed short stories by Guy de Maupassant, reminding me of Quartet. It wasn’t great and made me not want to seek out any...
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Max Ophüls double-feature
Madame de… (1952) A talky rich-person drama with lots of fainting – not usually my thing. Of course it’s sumptuously shot, and I got caught up in the drama by the end. The earrings of Madame: Charles...
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