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"Max Ophuls' ravishing adaptation of Stefan Zweig's novella 'Letter From an Unknown Woman' is commonly referred to as a romantic drama but this is a misnomer. While the film is very much focused on the theme of romance, the non-affair which is its subject is anything but romantic. Rather, 'Letter From an Unknown Woman' is a passionate tale of obsession, its warm, arresting approximation of early 20th century Vienna acting as a backdrop to an association characterised by its coldness. Joan Fontain"
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"“A shot that does not call for tracks/ Is agony for poor old Max,/ Who, separated from his dolly,/ Is wrapped in deepest melancholy./ Once, when they took away his crane,/ I thought he’d never smile again.” The actor James Mason’s tribute in verse acknowledged director Max Ophüls’ fondness for the long, elegant tracking shot. Movies, Ophüls thought, should move; his swooping shots would propel viewers over European streets, across drawing rooms and into the hearts of the women at the"
"Joan Fontaine as Lisa Berndle "
" Ditto for Max Ophuls' masterwork. The vast majority of this man's legacy is grossly neglected like he was simply a bit part player in the film industry. But so many respected filmmakers have looked up to the guy and drew inspiration from his works. La Ronde and Earrings of Madame de... are worthy of an audience, but Letter from an Unknown Woman is the real chord striker amongst them."
"13.6. Stalkkaaminen on Ophülsin käsittelyssä edes hieman järkevämmän oloista kuin Tom Hanksilla, mutta on siinä tässäkin tapauksessa jotain pielessä. Leffa saa kolme tähteä, koska lapsi kuolee."
"Max Ophüls’ melodrama, starring Joan Fontaine and Louis Jourdan (who passed away this past week), and based on a novella by “Grand Budapest Hotel” inspiration Stefan Zweig, remains wildly underrated today (it only hit home video in 2012). So it’s not exactly a shock to learn that it wasn’t appreciated in its own time either: despite being what you’d imagine to be firmly within the wheelhouse of the 1948 Academy, it was totally overlooked in favor of lesser pictures like “Hamlet,"