#max opuls

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Every James Mason Role: as Martin Donnelly in The Reckless Moment (1949)

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Every James Mason Role: as Dr. Larry Quinada in Caught (1949)

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Caught (1949) my beloved <3

I understand this movie is almost a century old but have you considered I love it. Anyways, here’s some gifs I made to cope with the fact that there’s almost no fan content for it here on Tumblr.

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caught (1949)

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02-28-2017 Letter From An Unknown Woman (1948) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040536/

Letter From An Unknown Woman is the second of four American feature films directed by the German born Jewish filmmaker Max Ophüls. It is the most highly regarded of his American films, and by far my personal favorite. Rarely have I been so moved by a romantic movie, but I could identify with both characters. Perhaps it is because I am in love myself, but I found this movie beautiful.

Based on the 1922 novella of the same name by Stefan Zweig does it tell the story of young Lisa Berndle (Joan Fontaine), who falls in love with the pianist Stefan Brand (Louis Jourdan), the new tenant in the building she lives in. It takes some time for the coy Lisa to come to the attention of Stefan, a wealthy bachelor, but he falls for her just as hard as she falls for him when they finally make eye contact. They spend a romantic time together, but Stefan disappears from her life as sudden as he entered it. Years later does Stefan receive a letter, starting ‘’by the time you read this letter, I may be dead.’’

It is a tragic start of a film, raising a question that I was afraid to have answered. Will Lisa commit suicide? The drama is only raised when we realize Stefan is about to enter a duel he is sure to lose, why can’t these two be together?

I was enchanted from the very start. The snowy setting in romantic Vienna, the beautiful music (by the well-respected composer Daniele Amfitheatrof), the marvelous acting (Fontaine is perfect, she goes from innocent little girl to a married woman and a mother, back to innocent girl she was in just a second by just a glimpse); it embraced me, the warm and elegant directing by Ophüls being the cherry on the cake. I have never had so much hope that two fictional characters would share a final act together.

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