What to say about this film. This was very engrossing, although I found the directing a little heavy-handed...the lighting was not subtle at all, and the long-held close ups of Dullea whenever he said something pithy reminded me of Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible Part I....
Loved the juxtaposition of the fox staring down Helen and then the man's doing the same. Wonderfully done.
Sandy Dennis is a phenomenon...not phenomenal. I'm wondering whose choice it was to make her character so shrill and annoying. I have not read the book, so don't know if Lawrence intended her to be that way or if it was just the "Dennis Touch".
Reminded me of another weird Sandy Dennis movie...That Cold Day in the Park.
I actually enjoyed this movie very much, Helen's ambivalence, the man's menacing presence. How he could be so attractive to Helen and so threatening to Sandy...and how determined he was. And interesting too how he never told Helen that he loved her, just that they belonged together and that he needed her. Very elemental. Whereas Sandy's character finally confesses she does love Helen.
Interesting and complex. I would recommend it. I did, however, think the one love scene between the women looked a little uncomfortable for them. Still, very fun to realize it was made in the 60s...Go CANADA!
Loved the juxtaposition of the fox staring down Helen and then the man's doing the same. Wonderfully done.
Sandy Dennis is a phenomenon...not phenomenal. I'm wondering whose choice it was to make her character so shrill and annoying. I have not read the book, so don't know if Lawrence intended her to be that way or if it was just the "Dennis Touch".
Reminded me of another weird Sandy Dennis movie...That Cold Day in the Park.
I actually enjoyed this movie very much, Helen's ambivalence, the man's menacing presence. How he could be so attractive to Helen and so threatening to Sandy...and how determined he was. And interesting too how he never told Helen that he loved her, just that they belonged together and that he needed her. Very elemental. Whereas Sandy's character finally confesses she does love Helen.
Interesting and complex. I would recommend it. I did, however, think the one love scene between the women looked a little uncomfortable for them. Still, very fun to realize it was made in the 60s...Go CANADA!