All About Eve

"it's funny, a woman's career. the things you drop on your way up so you can move faster. you forget you'll need them again when you get back to being a woman. that's one career all females have in common, whether we like it or not. being a woman. sooner or later, we've got to work at it. no matter how many other careers we've had or wanted. and in the last analysis, nothing's any good unless you can look up just before dinner or turn around in bed and there he is. without that, you're not a woman. you're something with a french provincial office or a... a book full of clippings. but you're... read more

all about eve is a fantastic, if maybe a tad overlong (yet still highly enjoyable) film that is a classic in every sense of the word. great acting, great direction, a phenomenal screenplay and very original. it's a dark film, with a dark ending which is very uncommon (i think) for a film from this era. it goes places you wouldn't expect, it's sad and is a very realistic look at celebrity life. it also hasn't lost any of it's sting in 64 years. it may look like an older film with it's black and white photography, blue screen backgrounds, full frame photography and typical 50's score but the... read more