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Blood and Sand (1941)
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
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From Time Out Film Guide
One of the great colour films (with Mamoulian taking the inspiration for his lush visuals from Spanish masters like Goya, Velasquez and El Greco), this is melodramatic romance of the first order. The story is hardly a stunner, taken from Ibañez and telling of a young man's rags-to-riches rise as a matador, only to fall under the spell of Hayworth's aristocratic temptress, who lures him away from virginal childhood sweetheart Darnell. What makes the film so enjoyable is the sheer elegance of the execution, with Mamoulian's sense of rhythm, the rich Technicolor, and Richard Day's sets conjuring up an imaginary Spain of the heart, poignant location of love in the shadows and death in the afternoon.Author: GA
Cast & crew
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Producer: Darryl F Zanuck, Robert T Kane
Cast: Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Rita Hayworth, Laird Cregar, Anthony Quinn, J Carrol Naish, John Carradine, Alla Nazimova full cast
Duration: 123 mins
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