1955 Directed by Henry King
A widowed doctor of both Chinese and European descent falls in love with a married American correspondent in Hong Kong during China's Communist revolution.
Suplício de uma Saudade, Love is a Many Splendored Thing, Angustia de un querer
Love is a Many-Splendored Thing fue uno de los mayores éxitos de la Fox, al igual que la canción homónima que hoy todavía se escucha. Cuando supe que el estudio comprara los derechos de esa novela que yo ya había leído, fui a buscar a Zanuck y a Buddy Adler para decirles: «La mayor equivocación que podrían cometer sería confiar la realización del film a alguien que no fuese yo. Siento este film y estoy seguro que puedo sacar de esta historia cualquier cosa que nadie más conseguirá. Sé que tengo la costumbre de vanagloriarme, pero reflexionen». A la mañana siguiente me habían encargado el film. Entonces le dije a Zanuck: «Tengo que marcharme a Hong Kong lo más deprisa…
A ignorância dos comentários do letterboxd aqui é de dar nojo. Aparentemente, romance tem que ser não só esclarecido, mas justificado, mastigado, compreensível, etc.
A humanidade (como valor) está presente em cada palavra no filme. Nos diálogos sobre fé e superstições, sobre a origem da sua personalidade, sobre as outras pessoas, as expectativas e sobre até onde somos capazes de ter controle sobre as nossas próprias condições, ao mesmo tempo que vamos aprendendo a respeita-las.
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I lost interest very early on while watching Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing.
This classic romantic love story hinges on the two leads Jennifer Jones and William Holden. If you don't believe they're attraction to one another, you will not enjoy this film.
I think(?) its heart was in the right place for 1955, with statements like “I'm proud to be Eurasian. I like to think we combine the best qualities of both races. That we're the answer to race snobbery” and the romance that follows. Unfortunately there is also a lot of condescension that comes with it – the white knight syndrome, European culture shown as civilized and Chinese as superstitious, and the intelligent woman giving up her career as a doctor way too easily. As women in the West were becoming liberated, Hollywood sometimes showed Asian women as more passive, subservient, and “feminine” as a way of asserting/preserving traditional male identity, and we see that here in the “Chinese side” of…
Numa noite azul, muito azul, Mark Elliot beija o rosto de Han Suyin. Numa manhã - a mais triste manhã já vista pelo mundo -, uma borboleta pousa num tronco de árvore - não qualquer árvore, mas a árvore daquele romance. Ficamos a saber, uma música nos diz do alto de um cume em Hong Kong: "love is a many-splendored thing" . O Equilíbrio e a Graça.
Bold of them to make an interracial romance where A) both actors are white and B) the actors have no chemistry!
**Part of the Best Picture Project**
Another CinemaScope drama, Love is a Many-Splendored Thing, is a film centered around two lovers, one American, the other Eurasian, and the taboo that comes with their multiracial love.
For its time, it is a pretty progressive drama, and while today it might seem tame considering the woman herself is mixed race, it's still a drama full of potential for great conflict and social commentary. Unfortunately, while these things are slightly prevalent in the film, they aren't reached to their full potential.
I'll avoid recounting the story, but while the film keeps talking about the conflicts the two leads love comes with, we see very little action against it. It's here where the film…
'I would rather face the future without hope than the present without Mark'.
Mysticism, faith, nationality and duty. It may seem a bit hampered dramaturgically and rhythmically, but by God, this is beautiful. How wonderful it is to spend a day with the one you love, to dance and swim with her, to hold her, talk to her, being under that same sky, how I miss truly living.
4/10
The music sounds magical in every romantic scene, but the scenes are not magical.
Incredible love story about true love and hope and faith and joy
Interesting to see life in Hong Kong in the 59’s
- imagine talking about going to a cocktail party for a break infront of someone who just tried to trade their child for healthcare
- swimming in water widescreen
- drapes around a bed
- “finger marks of weariness under your eyes”
- the beetles
I’m not going to sit here and act like the film doesn’t have problems, but gosh that scene on the beach where William Holden lights Jennifer Jones’ cigarette with his while the music blares is one of the most romantic things I have ever seen.
Classic and beautiful love story with incredible scenery, wonderful performances, a beautiful musical score and a true heartbreakingly beautiful story.
Stale acting nonexistent chemistry and horrible stereotypes. The more foreign films I watch the more agitated I get when a film is set in a different country yet everyone magically can speak English and when subtitles are on it just says (Chinese Dialog) instead of what they said, I do realize that that is a personal thing but it certainly affected my viewing of this. The dialog is such slush that it makes me cringe with their "Wise Chinese man says cryptic thing" bullshit stereotyped characters destroy this film.Also this ending is utter garbage
Ceremony 35/90: 1956
- best picture
- best actress
was jennifer jones ever in a good movie?
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