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Black Sheep 1935
A mischievous caper with romance along the edges for my sentimental heart. Class distinctions, paternal possibilities, crème de menthe and very dry sherry. Claire Trevor is effervescently arch and lovely. The Bogdanovich blueprint.
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Blue Gate Crossing 2002
Where has this film been all my life? Or better yet, where has my life been all this film? A soothing wince that reminds one of all of the distended longing & teenage impermanence that can permeate the languid days of a humid summer.
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I've Always Loved You 1946
A deep exploration of the control men exert over women through the false perception of love, as well as the risks at stake in overlooking the reality of a love object. So many ideas are at work in I've Always Loved You that have seeds rooted in earlier Borzage pictures: the spiritual destiny and communication between two people, the limits of love tested by extreme circumstance, the price of admittance to the mausoleum of each soul.
Or as Luc Moullet…