1949 and 1950 were pivotal years for Max Ophuls...he did a Hollywood film, The Reckless Moment, with middling reviews, left Hollywood for good, and the next year directed La Ronde, which received two academy nominations.
Sometimes a change of scenery can help everyone.
Can someone give me access, or contemporary reviews, for those two films?
Contempary reviews for two of Ophul's films?
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Lokke Heiss
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Contempary reviews for two of Ophul's films?
"You can't top pigs with pigs."
Walt Disney, responding to someone who asked him why he didn't immediately do a sequel to The Three Little Pigs
Walt Disney, responding to someone who asked him why he didn't immediately do a sequel to The Three Little Pigs
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Rollo Treadway
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Re: Contempary reviews for two of Ophul's films?
NY Times review of The Reckless Moment by that parade-raining bore Bosley Crowther:
http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res ... 8382659EDE
http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res ... 8382659EDE
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Lokke Heiss
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Re: Contempary reviews for two of Ophul's films?
Thanks. It's not surprising to find these bad reviews, as they are testament as to how much they were not understanding the social criticism of what Ophuls was doing.
"You can't top pigs with pigs."
Walt Disney, responding to someone who asked him why he didn't immediately do a sequel to The Three Little Pigs
Walt Disney, responding to someone who asked him why he didn't immediately do a sequel to The Three Little Pigs