This movie has more endings then Return of the King.

Tried to get into this one bit ultametly I just could not get invested in the characters or story.

French Griffith. Some strong passages and Renoir’s sense as storyteller are already very developed.

Oncle Jeff can't swim :)

Made me want to go back in time and toss Catherine Hessling (Virginia) a bottle of hair conditioner. Good story of fate's hurdles for a young woman desperately fighting off peril after peril. The long shots remind me of what Renoir will become, but mastery will take some time. Not the most brilliant of directorial debut's, but adventurous in its composition and smooth story transitions.

Le premier film d'un type qui craint n'avoir qu'un œil de peintre et qui, à force de retournements esthétiques, découvre son œil de cinéaste. Heureusement, comme Renoir n'a jamais été un metteur en scène au cache-œil, il gardera ses deux yeux.

A wonderful early silent from Renoir starring Catherine Hessling, Renoir's wife. The plot is pure melodrama in the Griffith mold, but the film is quite ravishing visually. Especially noteworthy is an experimental dream sequence.

Fascinating silent melodrama with a surrealist sequence thrown in for good measure. The version I watched is a 2005 restoration from a 35mm copy with English intertitles which, for the restoration, have been translated back to the French, I suppose for authenticity, though that in itself strikes me as a touch sentimental - I'd rather have seen the English intertitles if indeed they date to 1925. The musical accompaniment kind of works, although again, forcing an entire hour of solo accordion accompaniment on the viewer just to satisfy a modern view of French history feels a little clichéd.

Film #234 in MY YEAR OF MUBI

***

Pretty solid first effort by Renoir.
Silent film that tells a bit of a heartbreaking story.
Pretty strong visual storytelling. Good camera setups.
Kind of a nice example of a good director shaping a medium to his desire.

Very enjoyable.

honestly didnt know what to say but this movie rules and i cant wait to watch more renoir-hessling stuff

Faisant partie de ma Wishlist/Challenge liste 2020 dans la catégorie: Noir & Blanc.

Le deuxième film que je vois de Renoir. Probablement, le dernier aussi, j'ai pas été un grand fan des deux.
Beaucoup de personnages, plusieurs choses se passent qui ne font pas vraiment de sens.
Le film n'est pas long 1h11, mais parait presque comme une éternité. La musique d'accordéon devient à la limite insupportable.

Il y a des plans superbes par exemple, au début du film, une péniche avance vers la droite et un des personnages avancent à contre courant pour rester au même endroit dans le cadre tout au long, c'était vraiment de toute beauté.
Un moment de folie et délire intéressant se passe vers la moitié, il y avait une belle utlisation de la musique insupportable, du montage frénétique et de la lumière.

O maior problema de "Whirlpool of Fate" é que o Jean Renoir parece não se esforçar muito para entregar uma nova e consequentemente uma boa experiência.

Mesmo que esteticamente falando, o longa conte com um visual interessante, principalmente na cena do delírio, soa como um filme que não nos mostra nada de novo, e a sensação que fica é como se estivéssemos revendo uma nova versão de "The Ocean Waif", e por isso que acabe perdendo o glamour de sua história.

Fascinating silent melodrama with a surrealist sequence thrown in for good measure. The version I watched is a 2005 restoration from a 35mm copy with English intertitles which, for the restoration, have been translated back to the French, I suppose for authenticity, though that in itself strikes me as a touch sentimental - I'd rather have seen the English intertitles if indeed they date to 1925. The musical accompaniment kind of works, although again, forcing an entire hour of solo accordion accompaniment on the viewer just to satisfy a modern view of French history feels a little clichéd.

honestly didnt know what to say but this movie rules and i cant wait to watch more renoir-hessling stuff

Oncle Jeff can't swim :)

Rempli de vin et de haine

Muito feliz de estar sendo introduzida ao cinema do Renoir justamente por seu primeiro filme. A trama é simples e melodramática, mas conduzida com muita segurança, maturidade e técnicas extremamente interessantes do Renoir, fazendo dele um filme bonito e original.

É um filme antigo, mudo, daqueles com letreiro, mas uma trilha sonora que comenta a ação, o humor, o ritmo. É bonita, é francesa, é charmosa. A história importa menos que a condução de Renoir, que inventa movimentos de câmera, fortes muito rápidos para ação, transições, efeitos visuais de sonhos com uso de perspectiva. O espectador sente isso porque é gritante, mas é tão bonito de se ver o cinema em construção que o gritante se torna didático e empolgante.

Faisant partie de ma Wishlist/Challenge liste 2020 dans la catégorie: Noir & Blanc.

Le deuxième film que je vois de Renoir. Probablement, le dernier aussi, j'ai pas été un grand fan des deux.
Beaucoup de personnages, plusieurs choses se passent qui ne font pas vraiment de sens.
Le film n'est pas long 1h11, mais parait presque comme une éternité. La musique d'accordéon devient à la limite insupportable.

Il y a des plans superbes par exemple, au début du film, une péniche avance vers la droite et un des personnages avancent à contre courant pour rester au même endroit dans le cadre tout au long, c'était vraiment de toute beauté.
Un moment de folie et délire intéressant se passe vers la moitié, il y avait une belle utlisation de la musique insupportable, du montage frénétique et de la lumière.

The impressionist sequences were kinda neat.

데뷔작이라 그런지 종종 이해할 수 없는 화면 사이즈가 등장한다. 다만 초반부 시신을 수색하는 장면은 몹시 아름답다. 르누아르도 이렇게 생각했는지 플래시백으로 한번 더 보여준다.

Quite intense!