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Rosenrotta

Slightly prefer Written on the Wind. Maybe because ATHA had the ugly Jane Wyman.

12 years ago

nicolaskrizan

Camping in Walden?

http://1001movies.posterous.com/924

12 years 2 months ago

MrCarmady

camp?
Very good film, want to see more Sirk.

13 years 9 months ago

jacktrewin

very interested to see this as ali: fear eats the soul is a remake of it

12 years 9 months ago

I'm not big on melodramas, but this movie looks great. I love the way colours look in early colour films. The outfits are reminiscent of '38 Robin Hood in their bold colours, and the lighting is similarly beautiful.

10 years 9 months ago

Namfoodle

It's like the Commando of romance films.

5 years 7 months ago

Amy Adams

This film had been in my watch list for sometime and I kept putting it off. Based on reviews I thought that this wasn't a movie that I would like. I'm not a sentimental person yet this movie warmed my heart in a way that so many other films that have dealt with similar topics have failed to do so.

So thanks Martin Scorsese for having this movie on your must watch list otherwise I might have kept further avoiding it.

8 years 6 months ago

Duke of Omnium

@monty: The current critical theory on Sirk is that his melodramas were actually very subtle satires. Not quite camp, but certainly overwrought (and intentionally so).

13 years 3 months ago

ThomasFTB

I used to think I knew what melodrama was. Then I saw All That Heaven Allows.

11 years 3 months ago

Timec

"Written on the Wind" might qualify as camp (not that "camp" is really a pejorative) - this film does not. Though it is definitely strongly stylized (though not excessively so), it's not marked by any particular irony or kitschy elements - it gently, intelligently undermines some of the social conventions of the time. It's also incredibly, surprisingly emotionally involving.

12 years 7 months ago