The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
A director, an actress and a writer each explain why they never want to work with producer Jonathan Shields again... (imdb)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Directed By: Vincente Minnelli
Written By: George Bradshaw, Charles Schnee
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Walter Pidgeon, Paul Stewart, Leo G. Carroll, Gloria Grahame, Lana Turner, Dick Powell, Barry Sullivan, Elaine Stewart, Sammy White, Gilbert Roland, Ivan Triesault
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This film is fine. It's a well-made melodrama with a ridiculously implausible ending that really colours the whole thing for me since I could see it coming from about 15 minutes in ... and it's preposterous. Douglas is in top form. Turner is really great ... better than any other performance I have seen from her.
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Minnelli's flowing camera draws the attention and keeps the film in near constant motion--though never without keeping a clear eye on the action. All the players are strong here, except for Douglas, who I just cannot seem to buy into. In this case, his character requires a level of ambiguity that he doesn't seem equipped to provide--instead we get a sunny guy who goes from Jekyll to Hyde in an instant.
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what a bunch of ungrateful jerks.
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A little too soapy. I'm sure that car scene wasn't meant to be amusing.
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This is how Hollywood thought it looked from the outside. It was probably never as exciting, creative, yet shallow and pointless as the actions of these characters put together just to glorify the mighty producer. The movie looks amazing overall and I loved the level of details and panache each scene was filled with. I'm not sure what was satire and what was intentional boasting across the scenes, but I'm pretty sure Kirk is the man, wow, damn, etc. etc.
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A director (Barry Sullivan), an actress (Lana Turner), and a writer (Dick Powell) reflect on how ambitious, manipulative producer Jonathan Shields (Kirk Douglas) advanced their careers while breaking their hearts. Often fascinating look at the ugly side of Hollywood, with strong performances and some superior filmmaking (the driving-in-the-rain scene is startling even today)...but we seem meant to view Shields as more evil than he really is, and the final beat doesn't quite come off in practice.
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"Bad and the Beautiful explicity makes of filmmaking an artistic, passionaite, soul-crushing labor."
http://illusionpodcast.blogspot.com/2014/09/episode-29-vincente-minnelli-melodramas.html
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I'm not a fan of Hollywood navel-gazing, but when it's done by Minnelli (and maybe Sturges a decade earlier), it's forgivable.
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Three different flashbacks from people that have been impacted by working with Jonathan Shields (Kirk Douglas). He is a movie producer that will do anything to make his movies. The film has it moments but mostly they are overly dramatic. It's still worth watching.
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One of my favorite Hollywood on Hollywood satires, featuring a great cast. Just thinking about it, I feel like rewatching it.
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Kirk Douglas is delightful, and the film's message of Hollywood Uber Alles is perversely engaging. But I think you have to love old Hollywood more than yourself for this to really strike a chord with you.
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Kirk + an array of dazzling broads. Niiiice.
And all that soap is such a lovely industry self-irony. Niiiiice.
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