Written on the Wind

this film may easily seem like an extremely conventional picture with all sorts of melodramatic clichés, and that is exactly what makes it so difficult to read. in fact, roger ebert had this to say about it: “to appreciate a film like written on the wind probably takes more sophistication than to understand one of ingmar bergman's masterpieces, because bergmans themes are visible and underlined, while with sirk the style conceals the message.” in fact, i, too, was at first guilty of seeing this film as a mere soap opera, in which a man and a woman suffer for being in love with whom they cant... read more

Un sacco di situazioni mal gestite che ti fanno solo percepire una assenza di trama di coesione. Il film vuole ricalcare le tipiche tragedie greche familiari ma in modo così confuso che è difficile stare dietro ad una trama sensata. Recitato come al solito divinamente ma resta , per me , un film abbastanza minore del regista, evitabile insomma! read more