My recent acquisitions of Casablanca and Tivo have me watching a lot of old Ingrid Bergman movies, not to mention Bogie, and I just ran across one that should've been a classic yet I'd never heard of. It did get a minor Oscar nomination, but I thought both the story and Ingrid were superb.
The Visit came out in 1964, late for a black and white film and perhaps that helped limit its success. I can see why that might've been done for artistic rather than economic reasons, though. It is a character study of two main characters (Ingrid's and an old flame played by Anthony Quinn, who also co-produced) and many lesser ones, and all of their lights and darks are perhaps magnified by watching in black and white.
And it has my favorite of all plot devices, which it uses very well. I'd tell you what, but that might ruin it.
I do recommend this one - and if you have Fox Movie Channel, it's on again next week (today being 7/9/05). Twice.
The Visit came out in 1964, late for a black and white film and perhaps that helped limit its success. I can see why that might've been done for artistic rather than economic reasons, though. It is a character study of two main characters (Ingrid's and an old flame played by Anthony Quinn, who also co-produced) and many lesser ones, and all of their lights and darks are perhaps magnified by watching in black and white.
And it has my favorite of all plot devices, which it uses very well. I'd tell you what, but that might ruin it.
I do recommend this one - and if you have Fox Movie Channel, it's on again next week (today being 7/9/05). Twice.