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The Double Life of Paul Henreid2017
Paul Henreid, perhaps most famous for his roles in CASABLANCA and NOW, VOYAGER became a star at Warner Brothers during World War II, as the exotic lead with the European accent. After the war, his contract was cancelled and he was left to his own devices. He continued acting and also began producing and directing. In his choices, both as actor and director, his work evinces an increasing bitterness and cynicism. A personal statement? Or a result of the unceasing political shifts of the times?
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Gets at a very subtly devastating dimension of the Hollywood System - in its capitalistic voraciousness, it compromises ideal after ideal that it casts upon the screen, for the bottom-line, up to and including the re-traumatization of artists escaping from fascism, by ostracization and Otherizing to the point where at least the subject of this piece was forced to play the role of fascist himself to stay afloat.
Fascinating and sad. Rappaport is a phenom.
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Gets at a very subtly devastating dimension of the Hollywood System - in its capitalistic voraciousness, it compromises ideal after ideal that it casts upon the screen, for the bottom-line, up to and including the re-traumatization of artists escaping from fascism, by ostracization and Otherizing to the point where at least the subject of this piece was forced to play the role of fascist himself to stay afloat.
Fascinating and sad. Rappaport is a phenom.
2 members like this review
A very flat, somewhat cynical narration atop a montage of well-worn studio clips. Probably not worth your time. I got more out of the 4-minute spotlight they run on TCM from time to time.
1 member likes this review
Trying to see the entire film but was not successful.