#La grande illusion

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Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim, La grande illusion, Jean Renoir, 1937.

[theafictionados]

Best Outfit in Every Riverdale Episode (Honorable Mention)

Riverdale Episode 109: La Grande Illusion by the Afictionados Podcast Network

[affiches-cinema]

La Grande Illusion de Jean Renoir, 1946.

Bernard Lancy artwork.

[loveinstreams]

Erich Von Stroheim to Jean Renoir whilst making La grande illusion (1937): you know what this movie needs? old men yaoi

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[oscarupsets]

This one was definitely a contentious match-up for me. Rom-com You Can't Take It with You won over the war drama La Grande Illusion, the first foreign language film to be nominated for Best Picture.

You Can't Take It with You was based off of a 1936 play of the same name. During the film's release in 1938, the play was STILL running on Broadway. It was an instant box office success. The Radio City Music Hall had to increase to 5 screenings a day to handle the demand.

It was clearly a play adaptation, and it was wonderful. I have a soft side for screwball comedies, and this one was definitely a riot. There are also way too many characters, but not in a bad way.

La Grande Illusion is listed as a war drama, but definitely has some light-hearted comedy to it. I struggled to find a solid review from its US release, but many considered it the best French film to date.

Honestly, there was something different about La Grande Illusion. I'm not sure if I'm just getting desensitized to 1930s films, but this one felt significantly more sophisticated. And I couldn't even tell you exactly why (and it was not just the fact that it was in French). There were nuances that did not need to be described. The film style was simple but effective. It's aggressively political in nature without being overbearing. All around a great film. Great job, France.

As for the Academy Awards, we may have ditched the categories of Dance Direction and Assistant Director, but we've still got the weirdly similar Original Story and Screenplay, AND we've added a new confusing duo: Original Score and Scoring!

There were also some brief changes to the voting system prior to the 11th Academy Awards, but each source seemed to just confuse me more on that.

Current reception for both films is solid. Some argue that You Can't Take It with You is one of Frank Capra's weaker films, but still praise the comedy and the casting. Critics consider La Grande Illusion to be a successful anti-war film on par with All Quiet on the Western Front (and even more so because both were banned in Germany for some time.)

Unofficial Review: Watch both!

[sirbogarde]

so happy to see you get into La Grande Illusion’s gay subtext!! It’s a favourite of mine. Boeldieu and Rauffenstein’s story makes me go insane to this day

Yes!!!! I loved it, it was right up my alley. Looking forward to the coming months where I will be thinking about them nonstop. The romanticism and tragedy and poetry of World War I is a never-ending obsession for me.

If anyone else is looking for something similar but slightly happier go watch The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp. Its WWI and gay and pretty and Anton Walbrook.

[observatoiredumensonge]

La grande illusion

“L’illusion c’est l’ignorance.” Par Alexandre Goldfarb Continue reading Untitled

[alexlacquemanne]

Les frontières, c’est une invention des hommes. La nature, elle s’en fout !

Le lieutenant Rosenthal (Marcel Dalio) dans La Grande Illusion (1937) de Jean Renoir, scénario et dialogues de Charles Spaak et Jean Renoir

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[france-cinema]

A. Jourcin, La Grande Illusion, Jean Renoir, 1937.

Synopsis : Au cours de la Première Guerre mondiale, deux militaires français tombent entre les mains du commandant von Rauffenstein (Erich von Stroheim), un aristocrate allemand qui fait preuve d'une élégance et d'un respect notables. Emprisonnés dans un camp, ils collaborent avec d'autres prisonniers pour creuser un passage souterrain clandestin. Néanmoins, juste avant leur tentative de fuite, un transfert imprévu les emporte loin du camp. Leur destin les conduit dans une forteresse impénétrable, sous l'autorité de von Rauffenstein. Ce dernier offre un traitement empreint de dignité aux captifs, nouant une relation particulière avec Boeldieu (Pierre Fresnay). Malgré cela, les prisonniers français ne renoncent pas à leur désir de liberté et concoctent un nouveau plan d'évasion.

[theafictionados]

Best Outfit in Every Riverdale Episode (Honorable Mention)

Riverdale Episode 109: La Grande Illusion by the Afictionados Podcast Network

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[loveinstreams]

RAUFFENSTEIN GIVING UP THE CASTLE’S ONLY FLOWER FOR BOËLDIEU’S GRAVE

[sirbogarde]

The Grand Illusion (1937) dir. Jean Renoir

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