Post by petrolino on May 29, 2020 11:26:29 GMT
I adore Edmund Goulding's 1946 film. I studied Anne Baxter's performance in it religiously, she's a sentient being, other-worldly. I have the dvd positioned front and centre on one of my dvd shelves. Goulding was on fire in the late 1940s.
It also might just be classics writer Cliff Aliperti's favourite movie. As he says in the introduction to his review ...
"The Razor's Edge is a personal favorite. When I say favorite, it just might be, if you catch me on the right day, my favorite movie of all time. It's not without its faults but it's an impeccably cast 145-minute drama that moves at a swift pace carried by some big ideas. I love this movie, even if I do think that final execution of the biggest idea turned out slightly flawed.
I came back to write this and the next paragraph after noticing I had already written well over 3,000 words about The Razor's Edge and had barely scratched the surface of all it has to offer. I make no mention of the beautiful sets, Edmund Goulding's direction, and somehow barely mention Clifton Webb's name and so I thought I should probably come back and say what you will find here.
A good deal of this overlong article is about the quest of the Tyrone Power character, Larry Darrell. I also spend a lot of time comparing Maugham's book to the film made out of it. I really enjoy Maugham, I've read quite a bit by him, but the script really sculpts his text into near perfection. There's also a little bit about that journey from the page to the screen and another bit about it being overshadowed by The Best Years of Our Lives. I touch on the characters played by Gene Tierney and Anne Baxter, who are both incredible in this film, but I seem to keep returning to Larry Darrell's quest. Hope you enjoy it."
I came back to write this and the next paragraph after noticing I had already written well over 3,000 words about The Razor's Edge and had barely scratched the surface of all it has to offer. I make no mention of the beautiful sets, Edmund Goulding's direction, and somehow barely mention Clifton Webb's name and so I thought I should probably come back and say what you will find here.
A good deal of this overlong article is about the quest of the Tyrone Power character, Larry Darrell. I also spend a lot of time comparing Maugham's book to the film made out of it. I really enjoy Maugham, I've read quite a bit by him, but the script really sculpts his text into near perfection. There's also a little bit about that journey from the page to the screen and another bit about it being overshadowed by The Best Years of Our Lives. I touch on the characters played by Gene Tierney and Anne Baxter, who are both incredible in this film, but I seem to keep returning to Larry Darrell's quest. Hope you enjoy it."
- Cliff Aliperti, Immortal Ephemera
