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Gilda (1946)
Director: Charles Vidor
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Ford plays a drifting gambler who gets adopted by a German casino owner (Macready) in Buenos Aires, only to become embroiled in a misogynistic ménage-à -trois with the German and his wife (Hayworth). The script is laced with innuendoes and euphemisms; and Ford finds himself as a character whose sexual attributes are not only ambiguous, but bordering on the perverse as his misogyny gradually gains the upper hand. Never has the fear of the female been quite so intense; and the themes that took wing in this extraordinary piece of cinema finally came to roost in such sexual noirs as Carnal Knowledge and Last Tango in Paris.Author: GSa
User reviews of this film
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- usman khawaja said...
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Posted on Jul 22 2008 20:16
the newly restored print is just sparkling as is hayworth as gilda in one of the most fascinating female portrayals of all times ,
the noir story is similar to both CASABLANCA &NOTORIOUS ,but thanks to the electrifying chemistry between rita and glenn ford as the american sailor in buenos aires involved in gambling racket and illegal cartels,the love affair becomes fascinating to watch,
the dialogue is so good to be called great at times like the quote ,i hate you so much it is almost exciting ,
add to it the moody ,atmosphere with great B&W photography and the magical noir will just whisk you away with it's force of a cinematic typhoon.
the director has staged some great songs and dances with rita lipsynching to anita ellis and the song -blame it on mame -is an all-time great both in visuals and the hayworth magic .
when you watch haywoth you comprehend why everyone from price ALI to orson WELLES was crazy about this dame -as she is the greatest dame of them all and this is her best.
rita is for some strange reason under-rated as an actress ,that might be the cost to pay for having the most glamourous face and figure in a bevy of beauties in hollywood's golden era .
her acting in gilda is attributed by some to having been elicited by the director -VIDOR ,who has done a great job on the movie but than the same can be said about all great interactions between actors and makers -why make an exception of rita .
must see for the song mame and the deadly love scenes between ford and rita with the memorable almost literary script that blows your mind away .
a fascinating woman and movie too
usman khawaja
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Cast & crew
Director: Charles Vidor
Producer: Virginia Van Upp
Cast: Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, George Macready, Joseph Calleia, Steve Geray, Gerald Mohr full cast
Genre(s): Film Noir
Duration: 110 mins
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