As a finale to Scalarama 2018 in London, Genesis Whitechapel and Elanfest are presenting a weekend of 18 films in the tradition of midnight movies and the Scala’s legendary all-nighters, selected by critic Kim Newman, director Edgar Wright and programmer Julia Marchese. This 35mm screening is one of Marchese's choices.
Marchese writes: “I only saw this film recently, but it completely blew my mind. It’s everything I want in a film – beauty, pain, loss, wit and a concept that will be repeated in cinema for decades after its release. Perfect! (Plus, on 35mm!! It doesn’t get any better than that, folks!)”
You can find details of all the Scalarama events in the capital during September here.
Chicago Reader review:
Max Ophuls's witty version (1950) of Arthur Schnitzler's play showing love as a bitterly comic merry-go-round. Going less for the darker feelings in Schnitzler than for the surface gloss, Ophuls displays dazzling technical virtuosity and a cinematic elegance we're not likely to see again. Anton Walbrook acts as master of ceremonies and narrator as one love affair intertwines with another and love's roundabout carries Simone Signoret, Danielle Darrieux, and Jean-Louis Barrault full circle. The movement toward Ophuls's baroque masterpiece Lola Montes is unmistakable.
Don Druker
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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