Author Topic: ABCs at the Movies: The Doubles Round! (Read 2603849 times)

Fran · « **Reply #4140 on:** June 14, 2008, 11:44:46 pm »

From IMDb:

A Parisian courtesan must choose between the young man who loves her and the callous baron who wants her, even as her own health begins to fail.

Ellemeno · « **Reply #4141 on:** June 15, 2008, 03:46:22 am »

From IMDb: Angel is a free-spirit suffering from unresolved emotional issues. Wyatt is a handsome loner with issues of his own. After meeting at a group therapy session, a spark ignites and they are soon swept up in an all-encompassing love affair. But when this love suddenly appears to "cure" Wyatt, Angel rejects him, leaving Wyatt searching for a way back inside her heart.

memento · « **Reply #4142 on:** June 15, 2008, 11:55:49 am »

From IMDB: I had the pleasure, and good fortune to see this film on the big screen. It exemplifies classic beauty, one is reminded of Renoir paintings. The film uses landscape to reveal inner emotions, a rarity these days. The structure reveals the final outcome in the beginning, leaving us with is an examination of a process so lovingly portrayed by Widerberg, a process so perfectly focused -- a delicate, lyrical love story -- quite an achievement.

Fran · « **Reply #4143 on:** June 15, 2008, 12:35:12 pm »

From IMDb:

David Cronenberg redefined what we think of as creepy with this brilliant film. The makeup special effects and grossouts are top-notch, but what is most surprising about The Fly is that it turns out to be a very well acted and emotional love story. It greatly surpasses the original '58 version.

The film focuses on the relationship between Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis at the top, and once it takes its turn towards horror, it really pays off. It's not just scary, it's a tragedy too. Jeff Goldblum is phenomenal. He is mesmerizing as he delivers great dialogue, and, once he's barely recognizable, he still breaks through the makeup and you can feel the human inside. I can't believe he didn't get an Oscar for this: it's easily his best performance.

oilgun · « **Reply #4144 on:** June 16, 2008, 10:48:51 am »

From IMDb: Modernization of Charles Dickens classic story finds the hapless Finn as a painter in New York pursuing his unrequited and haughty childhood love.

memento · « **Reply #4145 on:** June 16, 2008, 09:04:57 pm »

Fran · « **Reply #4146 on:** June 16, 2008, 10:27:53 pm »

From IMDb:

Bogart stretches his acting muscles and allows his vulnerability to be on display in this realistic gut-wrenching love story. Gloria Grahame, one of the underrated great US actresses of the 40's and 50's, has an electrifying chemistry with Bogie, touching a side that we'd never seen -- not even with Lauren Bacall -- laced with an odd kind of violent tenderness. Frank Lovejoy heads a fantastic supporting cast, heavy on three-dimensional characterisations. This unknown classic is Bogie's most complete performance ever. I give it 10 out of 10.

oilgun · « **Reply #4147 on:** June 17, 2008, 04:51:30 pm »

memento · « **Reply #4148 on:** June 17, 2008, 06:20:06 pm »

From IMDB: A deceptive war drama which is really a fantastical love story in the vein of Billy Wilder's Love in the Afternoon.

Fran · « **Reply #4149 on:** June 17, 2008, 06:42:44 pm »

I'd put this one in the "tearjerker" category as well.

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Author Topic: ABCs at the Movies: The Doubles Round! (Read 2603849 times)

Fran

"C" is Camille (1936)

Ellemeno

"D" is Damaged Goods (2006)

memento

"E" is Elvira Madigan (1967)

Fran

"F" is The Fly (1986)

oilgun

"G" is Great Expectations (1998)

memento

"H" is He Said, She Said (1991)

Fran

"I" is In a Lonely Place (1950)

oilgun

"J" is Just Like Heaven (2005)

memento

"K" is The Key

Fran

"L" is Love Story (1970)