tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post4522266406033462254..comments2024-03-15T04:08:16.172-04:00Comments on Only the Cinema: Films I Love #3: Bonjour Tristesse (Otto Preminger, 1958)Ed Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-15759136424843527392016-09-15T15:32:29.955-04:002016-09-15T15:32:29.955-04:00Several reviewers have brought up this suggestion ...Several reviewers have brought up this suggestion of incest but I cannot think of anything in book or film<br />that points to it. it seems to me more a figment of stretched imagination in the eyes of the beholder.<br />True father and daughter have perhaps an unusual relationship based more on frankness than anything else.<br />They are close and appreciatively friendly. To me that's as far Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-34858391905834048282009-02-06T16:05:00.000-05:002009-02-06T16:05:00.000-05:00This is an extraordinary review, but then again ev...This is an extraordinary review, but then again everything you write is extraordinary! LOL!<BR/><BR/>I have just ordered the Region 2 (price slashed) of this film from Amazon.UK. I have seen nearly all of Preminger, but inexplicably not this one, despite the cahirs love and now this glowing appraisal from Mr. Howard.<BR/><BR/>That reference point of comparison to the Rivette masterpiece by Mr. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-71812447593424207632008-09-07T12:06:00.000-04:002008-09-07T12:06:00.000-04:00The toning down, at least on the narrative and dia...The toning down, at least on the narrative and dialogue level, is perfectly OK bhecause Niven and Seberg are in no way shape or form an ordinary father and daughter. He's an experienced seducer of women and she has been along for the ride to observe -- and obviously learn -- from the start. Never has <I>jadedness</I> seemed more cheekily alluring. It's almost <I>Les Liasons Dangereuses von en DavidEhrensteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11016905507543736049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-87773825389344272322008-09-07T11:33:00.000-04:002008-09-07T11:33:00.000-04:00One of my favorites too, obviously, and I'm a big ...One of my favorites too, obviously, and I'm a big Preminger admirer in general. The incest subtext was apparently much more on the surface in the Francoise Sagan novel on which this is based; the screenplay toned down this aspect considerably, though it still comes across in a more subtle way. Seberg is great in this, I'll never understand why she got so much flak for this and <I>Saint Joan</I> -Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-53985210979734513052008-09-07T11:02:00.000-04:002008-09-07T11:02:00.000-04:00This is one of my very favorite premingers and a g...This is one of my very favorite premingers and a grand showcase for his late style. Ambiguity abounds. Niven and Seberg seem almost incestuous. Prenger brings it right up to the edge then stops -- as if daring the audience to demand he cross the line. Kerr is magnificent -- alternately hysterically clueless, calmly wise and finally sadly pathetic. And Seberg plays the cinema's first true modern DavidEhrensteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11016905507543736049noreply@blogger.com