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Melodramas inconnu 04/18/15 (Sat) 19:58:08 No.4438

I've been really obsessed with Douglas Sirk and the lineage of directors he influenced. Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Pedro Almodóvar and Todd Haynes specifically. Could someone recommend some modern or classic melodramas or comedies with strong colors, aesthetics similar to 50's Hollywood and central female characters? This can also be gen. discussion thread for Sirk and his style.

inconnu 04/18/15 (Sat) 22:11:06 No.4439

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I really like Sirk too. The films can be so artificial yet vivid it's like peeking into another dimension. And the critical (over?)analysis is pretty entertaining itself, obsessing over weird sexual subtexts that start to jump out at you.

I was surprised to hear about the tragedy of Sirk's early life in Germany – and especially right after he left the country. His son stayed behind to be part of the Hitler Youth, then an actor in Veit Harlan propaganda films, and finally he was sent to the Russian front where he was killed. A few years later the boy's mother killed herself.

http://www.germanfilms.net/klaus-detlef-sierck/

inconnu 04/19/15 (Sun) 03:13:33 No.4442

>>4439
Damn……

inconnu 04/19/15 (Sun) 05:36:06 No.4443

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John Stahl is said to be an early influence on Sirk.

inconnu 04/19/15 (Sun) 05:50:52 No.4444

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Have you already gone though all of Sirk's Hollywood output? I think it's hard to beat his Technicolor films.
I wish more contemporary films used the same type of color palette, but I don't know how difficult it would be to faithfully duplicate it.

>>4443
Yep, that's a great suggestion. The mood, story – and even the title – are about as close to Sirk as anything I've seen from the classic era.

Has anyone seen the original Magnificent Obsession?

inconnu 04/24/15 (Fri) 07:04:51 No.4474

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Perhaps it's not a pure soap opera, but try Pandora and the Flying Dutchman. It's got a Powell/Pressburger feel because Jack Cardiff filmed it.

inconnu 05/01/15 (Fri) 05:33:55 No.4526

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I've seen more black and white "women's films" than color melodramas. Do any grills post here btw? It depends how strictly you define this category, I can recommend these:

Jezebel

The Snake Pit

All About Eve

Queen Christina

The Good Earth

Wuthering Heights

The Letter

The Little Foxes

Mrs. Miniver

Gaslight

Brief Encounter

Letter From an Unknown Woman