Imitation of Life
1959
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Aug 19, 2024 · Magnificent Obsession. — Douglas Sirk. It feels pointless to aim for some new insight in regard to Magnificent Obsession. As the title suggests, Sirk’s melodramas, particularly those he made in the 1950s, are objects of obsession for scholars and fans of films alike.
Aug 19, 2024 · Director Douglas Sirk's Imitation of Life addressed critical themes such as race, class, and gender.
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9 hours ago · Dorothy Malone (who had partnered Hudson in Douglas Sirk number The Tarnished Angels, 1957) is good as the woman who knows her own mind. Joseph Cotten ( The Oscar , 1966) probably signed up not for the chance to show off his limp but for the scene in the saloon where his myth of Civil War heroism is cruelly exposed.
4 days ago · That approach might sound manipulative to viewers who assume that good movies must be subtle, but some of the best movies ever made belong in the social melodrama subgenre. 1955’s All That Heaven Allows, directed by Douglas Sirk and written by Peg Fenwick, from the novel by Edna L. Lee and Harry Lee is a perfect example.
5 days ago · On the dramatic side, she replaced Grace Kelly in the all-star cast of Vincente Minnelli’s The Cobweb (1955) alongside Richard Widmark, Gloria Graham and Lillian Gish; and she teamed with Rock Hudson, Robert Stack and Dorothy Malone for Douglas Sirk’s deliciously melodramatic Written on the Wind (1956).
3 days ago · It’s a gentle reminder how, in some small regards, we’ve also inched away from children being used as tools sanctioning their mothers’ sexuality a la celebrated Douglas Sirk melodramas, such as All That Heaven Allows (1955) or There’s Always Tomorrow (1956).
5 days ago · Film Studies Resources. 2023-24 Series. April 24, 2024 7:30 PM. A Better Tomorrow II John Woo. La Dolce Vita Federico Fellini. All That Heaven Allows Douglas Sirk. December 2023. Michael Patrick Jann.
