One of my favorite films, starring Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift, and Shelley Winters. It is the story of George Eastman who falls for Angela Vickers after already starting a relationship with Alice Tripp, which resulted in an unwanted pregnancy. George must deal with Alice's pregnancy while trying to maintain his image for Angela. George may seem like a scumbag based on the synopsis but due to Clift's completely realistic performance. As a quiet, odd outsider who has good intentions but ultimately succumbs to trying to playing too many sides of a double-sided coin.
The story is quite melodramatic but considering the time of it's inception and the story it tells, this film properly manages to express so many emotions within its 2 hour runtime and I think justifies it's many leaps forward in "love logic;" as many movies of the time have the same issue anyways with people falling in love rather quickly before the film forms into something (usually) far greater.
Not to mention the film makes excellent use of shadows throughout the first half within the love scenes that both, mask what is going on to appease the censors, and also bring my cinematic eyes tears because properly used silhouettes are something I just don't see enough of.
The story is quite melodramatic but considering the time of it's inception and the story it tells, this film properly manages to express so many emotions within its 2 hour runtime and I think justifies it's many leaps forward in "love logic;" as many movies of the time have the same issue anyways with people falling in love rather quickly before the film forms into something (usually) far greater.
Not to mention the film makes excellent use of shadows throughout the first half within the love scenes that both, mask what is going on to appease the censors, and also bring my cinematic eyes tears because properly used silhouettes are something I just don't see enough of.