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Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948) -- M. Ophüls
Max Ophüls' film is oh
so European, so I wonder how American audiences received it (in 1948). It also
fits perfectly into what later shaped up to be his oeuvre, with a dark/stark
look at romance told across time in an episodic/flashback structure. The
opulence masks the emptiness inside (or doesn't it?). Joan Fontaine loves Louis
Jourdan but he is too self-absorbed to notice (most of the time). In truth, I
prefer Ophüls' later French films but the style here, light and dark, is
tactile and impressive.
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