La Ronde details
| Format: | PG DVD |
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| Starring: | Simone Simon, Simone Signoret, Anton Walbrook, Serge Reggiani, Gerard Philipe |
| Director: | Max Ophuls |
| Genres: | Drama - Romantic, Romance, World Cinema - French |
| Studio: | SECOND SIGHT FILMS LTD. |
| Name | Discs | |
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La Ronde |
PG Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 29 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 08 Sep 2008 |
| Main languages: | French |
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A cold but brilliant study of sex
By Savage (632 reviews) from London, England , 08 Jul 2007[Highly rated reviewer]
A prostitute makes love to a soldier who makes love to a servant who makes love to the young man of the house who makes love to a married woman...etc. And so it goes round the carousel until we are back with the prostitute again, all overseen by the elegantm, sardonic master of ceremonies, organizing the fleeting relationships just as he organizes the film (he is shown cutting it together near the end).
What starts as a crisp, discrete series of affairs, however, later becomes blurred, as one scene starts to bleed into the next. We build up to the married couple, who arrive, without sex, at a reasonably happy compromise, but as we peer round the next part of the circle, with the husband scratching his itch with a woman whom even Walbrook finds it difficult to categorise, things become much bleaker and blacker.
Ophuls casts his characteristically detached, ironic eye over Arthur Schnitzler's famous play, choreographing his camera with his usual knife-like precision. Those in search of warmth and reassurance about the permanence of true love should look elsewhere; those in search of a palate-cleanser of reality should love it.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(4)Innovative for its time
By a customer from Innerleithen , 05 Mar 2009This film is certainly different. Having a character addressing the audience and leading us thorugh the sequence of stories has a theatrical quality. It's cynical about the constancy of love and must have been more controversial, when first released, over its depictions of infidelity and women's sexuality.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Sound and Light
By Zamy (552 reviews) from London , 22 Jan 2009This is a rather cold, cynical look at sex as a commodity. The nature of desire fascinated Ophuls and he explores it fully here with the sex act passing round various partners. He is clearly poking fun but somehow this does not come across; or not for me at least. However, the visual style and the brilliant use of light make this well worth watching. And the re-mastering for DVD is quite superb; it looks great on TV when viewed in its original aspect ratio rather than widescreen. Highly recommended.- Was this review helpful to you?
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The Right One?
By a customer from London , 19 Nov 2008Wasn't there a better film of this story?- Was this review helpful to you?
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A cold but brilliant study of sex
By Savage (632 reviews) from London, England , 08 Jul 2007A prostitute makes love to a soldier who makes love to a servant who makes love to the young man of the house who makes love to a married woman...etc. And so it goes round the carousel until we are back with the prostitute again, all overseen by the elegantm, sardonic master of ceremonies, organizing the fleeting relationships just as he organizes the film (he is shown cutting it together near the end).
What starts as a crisp, discrete series of affairs, however, later becomes blurred, as one scene starts to bleed into the next. We build up to the married couple, who arrive, without sex, at a reasonably happy compromise, but as we peer round the next part of the circle, with the husband scratching his itch with a woman whom even Walbrook finds it difficult to categorise, things become much bleaker and blacker.
Ophuls casts his characteristically detached, ironic eye over Arthur Schnitzler's famous play, choreographing his camera with his usual knife-like precision. Those in search of warmth and reassurance about the permanence of true love should look elsewhere; those in search of a palate-cleanser of reality should love it.- Was this review helpful to you?
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