Screening Log

This new site feature is a collective effort to summarize our viewing habits. Occasionally, you will find titles here that are coming to a theater near you, in addition to films viewed on television, and even films viewed in piecemeal. The screening log is archived each month; to view past entries select a month in the menu below.


September 2006 activity

Total Log Entries: 51

Total Comments: 37


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Letter From An Unknown Woman / USA / 1948

A welcome reissue for Ophuls’ last two Hollywood films on DVD- Restless Moment is a slight but intriguing domestic thriller in the Mildred Pierce tradition, with Joan Bennett struggling to protect her innocent suburban family against the machinations of vulnerable Irish gangster James Mason.

Letter From An Unknown Woman is an altogether meatier prospect, perhaps the finest unrequited love story ever filmed, a genuine heartbreaker. Joan Fontaine dedicates her life to the silent pursuit of gadabout pianist Louis Jourdan, each of them locked in a netherworld of selfish obsession, unable to break free. Ophuls manipulates the emotions without ever straying into schmaltz, holding his characters at one remove even in the depths of their self- imposed emotional tragedy. And it’s visual stunning, the camera gliding and swooning through the streets and cafes of 19th century Vienna.

by Tom Huddleston | Source: DVD
08 Sep 2006 5:53 AM | Submit Comment


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