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STREET OF SHAME (1956) -- Mizoguchi's Gaze
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Street of Shame's searing finale, in which the national cycle of fem...
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STREET OF SHAME (1956) -- The New Japan
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In this fascinating sequence, Mizoguchi cogently scrutinises the changing dynamics of postwar Japan. Alluding to his nation's increasing Westernisation (note the music that...
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STREET OF SHAME (1956) -- Shattered Dreams
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Mizoguchi's final film (yet another masterpiece) examines the role of prostitution in contemporary Japan with both breadth and depth. The director uses the aging Yumeko's f...
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MADAME DE... (1953) -- Louise vs. Her Possession(s)
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The sublime opening scene of Ophuls' towering masterpiece, in which he initiates a dynamic correspondence with the viewer through his coded imagery. With a single, deceptiv...
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LETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN (1948) -- "If Only..."
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Letter from an Unknown Woman attempts the reconciliation of two d...
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LE PLAISIR (1952) -- Whores in Church
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An unexpected instance of overtly ethereal depth from Ophuls and his merry band of frivolous females, whose sudden predilection for their Maker provokes a contagious, colle...
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LE PLAISIR (1952) -- To the Ball!
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The final trio of entries in Ophuls' filmography (Le plaisir, Madame de... and Lola Montes) are - stylistically at least - the richest of his career. Take Le plaisir's open...
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THE RECKLESS MOMENT (1949) -- Hollywood Ending
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Max Ophuls' parting gift to Hollywood was a barbed upending of the f...
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IN A YEAR WITH 13 MOONS (1978) -- Sister Gudrun and Elvira's Childhood
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With operatic candour, Fassbinder channels the story of Elvira's sorrowful boyhood through the medium of the atheist nun, Sister Gudrun (played, perhaps not coincidentally,...
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IN A YEAR WITH 13 MOONS (1978) -- "Face the Music"
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Elvira reunites with Anton Saitz, the man for whom she became a woman - only to discover that he cannot remember her. Cue a terrifically bizzare excursion into the movie mu...
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