Max ophuls harnesses three maupassant short stories to suit his artistic purposes in le plaisir house of pleasure. There were shop clerks, pimps, and above all, girls, dressed in the roughest cotton to the finest batiste. Gli episodi, due brevi e uno, quello centrale, piu lungo. But id like to talk about le plaisir, which i believe is a great starting place for viewers interested in max ophuls.
Roving with his dazzlingly mobile camera around the decadent ballrooms. Le masque describes how an old man wears a mask of youth at a dance hall to extend his. The first story is about a man who storms into a masked ball. In one of the impressive set of extras that come with the second sight dvd of max ophuls 1952 film, le plaisir, an admittedly fairly obscure french film director refers to the qualities that ophuls brought to his films as indescribable and, although the film makers triptych of maupassant short stories is another lush, innovative. Sommaire 1 synopsis 2 fiche technique 3 distribution 3. She took her time with wideranging contextualization. It has at last reemerged on dvd, a fine release from criterion now joining second sights u. Maupassants stories have a strangely strong power on the cinemathey read like sketches by an extraordinarily perceptive, witty, vigorous. A journey through le plaisir, a 54minute documentary by philippe roger featuring interviews with cast and crew, and a visit of the films locations 50 years on diary of a film shoot, an interview with ophuls assistant director, jean valerie. Film streams is a 501c3 nonprofit organization in omaha, nebraska. In one of the impressive set of extras that come with the second sight dvd of max ophuls 1952 film, le plaisir, an admittedly fairly obscure french film director refers to the qualities that ophuls brought to his films as indescribable and, although the filmmakers triptych of maupassant short stories is another lush, innovative. Le film le plaisir est produit en france et sorti en 1952.
A doctor is brought, and the past history of the collapsed man is told by his wife. Theres hardly a shot in le plaisir that isnt framed like a painting. Following a brief, less successful stint in hollywood and a period of fighting with the allies in north africa during world war ii, gabin saw his film career slow down, and he appeared mostly in supporting roles for a while including in ophulss le plaisir. In fact, the movie is divided into three episodes, corresponding to. Introducing le masque the crowd flooded in like water into a dam. Maupassant restitue alors le langage populaire, dans sa prononciation, avec son argot. Maupassants narrator misses the edge of this particular dynamic, but little evades ophuls. He dances, dances, dances, and then slowly collapses.
Regulars from all over paris, of every class, came for rough, boisterous fun and debauchery. After a very brief respite in order to gather some thoughts and allow the recollections of this film to simmer in my mind, ive come to the conclusion that this is my favorite by max ophuls. Competition between the two arts of literature and filmbetween the verbal and visual storytelleris coded from the narratormaupassants. The lecture got more focused towards the end, and probably a.
An interview with marcel ophuls, the filmmaker son of max. There were shop clerks, pimps, and above all, girls, dressed in. Maupassants work was so inviting that in the year of le plaisir france saw also trois femmes, a film directed by. Max ophulss le plaisir 1952 has been out of circulation for much too long. Figures of illrepute compare maupassant and kafu andor. Not only that but i also hold the opinion that it is in le plaisir that his cinematic prowess in visual language comes to a pinnacle. Le masque, wherein a young doctor encounters a most unusual patient. Its appearance ends a deprivation and is an occasion of joy. Its a little mindboggling to consider just how much work must have gone into a film like this. Is it possible to take one of the best tales in french literature and make a film even better out of it. One evening, he collapses through his wild exertions on the dance floor and is taken home to his. Each of the playlets in le plaisir explore conflicting sides of human nature a theme common to both the works of maupassant and the films of. Our mission is to enhance the cultural environment of the omahacouncil bluffs metropolitan area through the presentation and discussion of film as an art form.
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