Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueWilliam Faulkner's steamy tale set in the South in the 1920s. Governer's daughter is seduced and raped by a Cajun who returns after she's married to cause her further trouble.William Faulkner's steamy tale set in the South in the 1920s. Governer's daughter is seduced and raped by a Cajun who returns after she's married to cause her further trouble.William Faulkner's steamy tale set in the South in the 1920s. Governer's daughter is seduced and raped by a Cajun who returns after she's married to cause her further trouble.
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- AnecdotesTony Richardson's first film in America was a disastrous experience - for him, for the studio, and certainly for most of the (few) people who went to see it. Having established himself with off-beat and hard-hitting British movies and stage plays, he found himself bound by a contract requiring him to work in a studio (a new experience for him) and to use actors who had been already signed and contract crew members. He had to work from an existing script draft by James Poe, who was extremely unwilling to do the extensive rewriting that Richardson required. He had an abrasive relationship with set designer Jack Martin Smith (whose work on MGM musicals Richardson had greatly admired) and was also considerably compromised by strict American censorship. He strongly felt (as did many others) that Yves Montand was entirely miscast as a New Orleans low-life. The resulting film, over whose final editing he had little control, was a commercial and critical catastrophe, and has been very little seen since.
- ConnexionsReferenced in Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1 (1999)
- Bandes originalesSanctuary
Music by Alex North
Lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman (as Marilyn Keith)
Performed by Julie London
Trombone: Richard Nash (uncredited)
Guitar: Tommy Tedesco (uncredited)
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William Faulkner is viewed by critics in either one of two lights. Some consider him the finest writer ever produced in the South, which would be saying a lot, since it is generally accepted that the best American writers came from the South during this time period. Others would consider him just a master of soap. And make no mistake, the original novel is a classic of SSS (Steamy Southern Soap). Mr. Faulkner believed that what women really wanted was to be "mastered" i.e. raped by a "real" man i.e. one is completely calculating and cold-blooded. Louis Jourdan does a good job in that respect. Lee Remick also does a very good job as the rapee. We are then asked to believe that a new version of Jesus has come to the Deep South in the form of a portly middle-aged black woman, who is more than willing to go up on the cross and die for the sins of others, in order to facilitate their redemption. How noble. But, I am so sorry; I am not buying into this baloney with chitlins as relevant to the 21st century. First of all, the film does not follow Mr. Faulkner's novel, or the logic of the novel. Hollywood not only made this turkey once; they made it twice. Once before in 1933 (when it was more relevant), and again in 1961 (by which time it was completely irrelevant).
As soap, the film is entertaining. But daytime TV soap is more logical than this stuff. Not recommended
- arthur_tafero
- 8 sept. 2018
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- Budget
- 1 915 000 $ US (estimation)
- Durée1 heure 30 minutes
- Couleur
- Rapport de forme
- 2.35 : 1
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