rec.arts.movies.past-films

"David Matthews" wrote in message
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> "David Oberman" wrote in message
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>> "David Matthews" wrote:
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>>>"George Peatty" wrote in message
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>>>> All About Eve (1950) - I am almost speechless. This movie is
>>>> practically
>>>> perfect. Nominated for 14 Oscars with six wins, and after watching,
>>>> it's
>>>> not hard to see why. George Sanders, who won, is brilliant as the
>>>> sleazy,
>>>> slimy, prissy, arrogant Addison DeWitt, (they're *all* sleazy, slimy,
>>>> etc..) but I genuinely feel that Anne Baxter gives the best performance
>>>> in this
>>>> movie.
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>>>Watch it immediately!! Great performances.
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>> Now you guys I don't want to rain on parades here, but my estimation
>> of "Eve" has dropped with repeated viewings. When I first saw it, I
>> thought it was an excellent screenplay, filled with everything
>> everybody says it has. On later viewings, much of the dialog began to
>> bug me. It started sounding banal. Take, for example, Bill's speech to
>> Eve in the dressing room about the nature of entertainment. Really
>> trite, to my ears. A lot of it is still acerb (not acerbic) & or
>> peppery, like Addison's dialog, & Bette Davis still makes Margo's
>> dialog heartfelt & stylish, but much of the rest sounds Great White
>> Way & school textbookish (under 'Theater'). Plus, remember how John H.
>> used to say that Sarris characterized mise en scene as everything that
>> wasn't in a Joseph Mankiewicz film? It's really true; his directing
>> has no beauty or personality, except that it's stodgy.
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> The last part of George's post was snipped. He mentioned he was about to
> see _A LETTER TO THREE WIVES_ which was the one I was talking about.
> Have you seen it Steve? I actually don't remember too much about _ALL
> ABOUT EVE_.
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> Dave in Toronto


Whoops! Sorry David - I called you Steve.

Dave in Toronto
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