Director:
Douglas SirkGuión:
George ZuckermanCámara:
Russell MettyMúsica:
Frank SkinnerReparto:
Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone, Robert Keith, Grant Williams, Robert J. Wilke, John Larch, Roy Glenn, Maidie Norman (más)Streaming (1)
Sinopsis(1)
Robert Stack es Kyle Hadley, el hijo del magnate texano Robert Keith cuya dinastía amenaza con derrumbarse por las actividades de su hedonista prole. Deslumbrado por su vida llena de lujos, Kyle ha descuidado su negocio y ha comenzado a beber de forma compulsiva. Junto a él trabaja Mitch Wayne (Rock Hudson) con muchísimo menos éxito profesional al que ha dado trabajo por la amistad que los une. La relación entre los dos amigos se complica cuando entra en escena Lucy Moore (Lauren Bacall), la secretaria de Hadley, una mujer hermosa y atrayente de la que los dos caen enamorados en el acto. Sin embargo, Lucy, contra todo pronóstico, elige al orgulloso Kyle. Mitch piensa que la joven está cometiendo un error al casarse con un alcohólico presuntuoso, pero. ¿Tendrá el matrimonio de Kyle y Lucy el resultado que él espera, o acabará por sorprenderle? (Filmin)
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Dos mejores amigos -un infeliz hombre de dinero y un tipo simpático y equilibrado- y dos mujeres en medio. El melodrama tradicional (algo así como la serie Dallas) con brillo hollywoodiense. Dentro del género, no hay nada de lo que quejarse, pero se trata más de una risueña relajación para nuestras madres que de una ingeniosa siesta cinematográfica.
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Melodrama is not a psychological drama. In it, hearts beat, tears flow, confessions hit the wall of misunderstanding, and male vanity demands satisfaction. Love, hatred, pain, and joy are sold in large packages. And in the case of Douglas Sirk, in quite luxurious packaging. After all, he is the most significant specialist in the genre of 1950s American cinema. This film has a star-studded cast, and those who enjoy melodrama will most likely not be disappointed. Personally, I can say that it would take me a long time to search my memory for a melodramatic film that moved me - and Written on the Wind would definitely not be it. Overall impression: 40%.
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A guy met a guy... and then a girl interfered in their relationship. Roughly two-thirds of the way into the film, I realised that Sirk’s Written on the Wind isn’t so much a traditional heterosexual romance as it is an almost western duel between two men, friends for life and in death, whose frustrations (of different origins) gave rise to a weakness for guns and alcohol rather than members of the opposite sex. Women are their downfall. It’s possible that I’m completely missing the mark, but I’m trying to understand why (because of my delayed recognition of the creative intention) the film completely left me cold emotionally (which doesn’t happen to me very often with melodramas). In spite of that, however, I admired the pleasant directness of the storytelling from the beginning, as well as the ambiguity of the dialogue, the expressive language of the Technicolor hues (which stand in for more graphic erotic material) and the unmissable phallic symbolism, i.e. mostly indications of Sirk’s theatre background and his ability to connect the characters with the mise-en-scéne. However, his experience from the theatre does not explain the several brilliantly edited sequences (the father’s death) or the use of subjectivising camera angles that make us sympathise with the supposed villain, which are evidence of Sirk’s exceptionalism as a film director. I consider the final stroking of the model of an oil derrick, representing the phallus of the complex-ridden male protagonists as well as American society at the time, as clear proof of Sirk’s affiliation with the classic-era Hollywood “smugglers” who inserted rather subversive messages into stories that appeared to be so innocent on the surface. 75%
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The huge asset of this film is not Rock Hudson, Robert Stack, or Lauren Bacall, but Dorothy Malone, who is simply breathtakingly repulsive in her role. Well acted and worth watching for her alone. I like films that are about self-destruction, but this one didn't impress me that much.
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