Lola Montès DVD Review
Release Date: Feb. 16 Director: Max Ophuls Writers: MaxOphuls, Cécil Saint-Laurent, Annette Wademant Cinematographers: Christian Matras Starring: Martine Carol, Peter Ustinov Studio/Run Time: Criterion, 115 mins. Way back in the early 2000s, the films of German-born, Paris-based director Max Ophuls languished out of print. While the French nouvelle vague and its insouciant modernity, guns, dames and jittery jump cuts remained much feted, discussed and repackaged, Ophuls and his fin de siècle Europe, aristocratic mores, women on the verge of nervous breakdowns and loooooong tracking shots fell out of sight. He might’ve remained in darkness were it not for the... read more
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