#peter ibbetson

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Nomadland (2020, dir. Chloé Zhao): Mostly, this movie really worked for me. It grants its characters respect and shows the beauty in their lives without romanticizing poverty. But for tackling such a loaded, inherently political topic like poverty, the film felt toothless. I'm not asking for the characters to start quoting Marx or whatever but even a single acknowledgment of how the system has failed these people would have gone a long way.

Saint Maud (2019, dir. Rose Glass): I wouldn't call this movie essential - there are better films about religious psychosis out there, and though the script and acting were topnotch, the visuals left something to be desired. But it was a solid watch, entertaining and scary.

The Lady from Shanghai (1947, dir. Orson Welles): Rita Hayworth is so beautiful I want to kill myself. Orson Welles makes the inexplicable decision to play an Irish character despite having very poor grasp of the accent (you wrote the script, man, just change it). One scene takes place in an aquarium and it was the highlight of the film for me until the last ten minutes, which are up there with the greatest final acts of all time.

Peter Ibbetson (1935, dir. Henry Hathaway): I was not expecting a supernatural romance with that title! I really loved the metaphysical aspects but I really think this film needed an extra half hour for more character and story development (and I don't usually complain about a sub-90 minute movie!). The casting also failed this one; Gary Cooper is, as far as I'm concerned, the absolute least charming leading man of the golden age of Hollywood and there was very little chemistry between him and Ann Harding.

The Blue Angel (1930, dir. Josef von Sternberg): Marlene Dietrich is an absolute tour-de-force but this film did leave me wistful for the magical camerawork of Shanghai Express.

Secret Beyond the Door (1947, dir. Fritz Lang): Kind of messy but ultimately very charming and entertaining. I have a fondness for these 40s Freudian melodramas, what can I say.

Out of the Past (1947, dir. Jacques Tourneur): The archetypal film noir, dark and stylish and thoroughly captivating. The plot takes about a million twists and turns without ever losing the audience. I was at the edge of my seat for the entirety of the last act.

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Peter Ibbetson - Yours (2020)

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Peter Ibbetson (1935) / Landscapers (2021)

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"Ecoutez. Vous souvenez vous de Parva sed Apta, le Petit Pavillon, comme vous l'appeliez ? C'est encore ma maison lorsque je suis ici. Elle sera vôtre, si vous le voulez, quand le temps sera venu; vous y trouverez bien des choses qui vous intéresseront.

Eh bien ! Demain, de bonne heure, dans votre cellule, vous recevrez une enveloppe contenant une feuille de papier avec quelques violettes et les mots Parva sed Apta - A bientôt, écrits à l'encre violette. Cela vous convaincra-t'il ?"

"Oh ! oui, oui !"

"Eh bien alors, donnez-moi vos mains, mon très cher et meilleur ami - les deux mains ! Je serai bientôt ici de nouveau près de ce pommier; je compterai les heures. Adieu." Elle s'en fut et je m'éveillai."

Peter Ibbetson, George du Maurier, 1891, P.246-247

Images :

1- 2 Toyen, la fenêtre de Magna Sed Apta, 1947, exposition Le Surréalisme en 1947, Galerie Maeght. Photos : Denise Bellon. Scénographie : André Breton, Frederick Kiesler, Marcel Duchamp

3. André Breton, Autel XII "L'objet invisible" : notes (1947).

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Gary Cooper and Ann Harding in Peter Ibbetson 1935 ☁️