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<blockquote data-quote="James from London" data-source="post: 151061" data-attributes="member: 22"><p><em><u>Carol (2015)</u></em></p><p></p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/10/Carol_film_poster.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Based on one of the few Patricia Highsmith novels I didn't read when I went on a Highsmith binge back in the day. Most of her books are psychological thrillers, often told from the point of view of the killer (a fair few have been turned into films, most famously <em>Strangers on a Train</em> and <em>The Talented Mr Ripley</em>) and they have a compelling coldness about them. This movie has the same kind of atmosphere, even though it's actually a love story between two women, one of whom is married with a kid, back in the '50s when such a thing was thinkable.</p><p></p><p>It's directed by Todd Haynes and has a similar cinematic sumptuousness to <em>Far From Heaven</em>, his homage to the Douglas Sirk melodramas of the 40s and 50s. This story feels like a melodrama too, but with all the emotions suppressed by the societal demands of the time. Even though it's set the decade before, you could imagine any of the characters showing up in <em>Mad Men</em> -- they share that same chicly-glamorous-yet-emotionally-confused vibe.</p><p></p><p>In the title role, Cate Blanchett is like the missing link between Marlene Deitrich and Gena Rowlands -- chilly and remote but ultimately sympathetic. In a parallel world, you could imagine someone like Joan Crawford or Barbara Stanwyck playing the part in black and white.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="James from London, post: 151061, member: 22"] [I][U]Carol (2015)[/U][/I] [IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/10/Carol_film_poster.jpg[/IMG] Based on one of the few Patricia Highsmith novels I didn't read when I went on a Highsmith binge back in the day. Most of her books are psychological thrillers, often told from the point of view of the killer (a fair few have been turned into films, most famously [I]Strangers on a Train[/I] and [I]The Talented Mr Ripley[/I]) and they have a compelling coldness about them. This movie has the same kind of atmosphere, even though it's actually a love story between two women, one of whom is married with a kid, back in the '50s when such a thing was thinkable. It's directed by Todd Haynes and has a similar cinematic sumptuousness to [I]Far From Heaven[/I], his homage to the Douglas Sirk melodramas of the 40s and 50s. This story feels like a melodrama too, but with all the emotions suppressed by the societal demands of the time. Even though it's set the decade before, you could imagine any of the characters showing up in [I]Mad Men[/I] -- they share that same chicly-glamorous-yet-emotionally-confused vibe. In the title role, Cate Blanchett is like the missing link between Marlene Deitrich and Gena Rowlands -- chilly and remote but ultimately sympathetic. In a parallel world, you could imagine someone like Joan Crawford or Barbara Stanwyck playing the part in black and white. [/QUOTE]
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