Films/DVD Asylum

Walk on the Wild Side, 1962

76.99.185.128

Victor Khomenko

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A somewhat predictable melodrama, but man, what a cast: Laurence Harvey, Capucine, Jane Fonda, Anne Baxter, Barbara Stanwyck - what's not to like?

Each one of them is doing his/hers best, and all of them give memorable performances.

A little funny how far they went with soft focus on Capucine - not just 10%, not even 20%... no, they went all the way, so the transitions from her to him are a bit juddering. Was that on her demand? Quite surprising, since she is just 34 there, and seems not to have any wrinkles yet.

Oh... women... :)

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RE: Walk on the Wild Side, 1962 - Bill the K 20:14:36 03/22/19 (0)
Producer Charles Feldman was in love with her and gave her a lot of attention. Lawrence Harvey complained about it!

Feldman kept casting her in his movies.

Tragic ending. She fell off the 8th floor apt balcony at age 57.

Bill
As I recall, films of that time often showed blurry-faced women. - free.ranger 21:16:39 03/21/19 (1)
Maybe the sensibilities of the day made them worry about crows feet versus their marketability. Heavy nights of Hollywood partying can mess with the goods. Why does an aging actress insist on being referred to as Miss Barbara Stanwyck? Besides blur filtering, Doris Day was also filmed with those funky star filters to add affect to highlights. Tacky stuff, but that was the day.
- Yes, of course, but... - Victor Khomenko 06:05:56 03/22/19 (0)
  ...usually the softening ranges from barely visible to moderate. Here it was by far the most pronounced of the films that I remember. Especially in some scenes.
That's the Doris Day Filter- - oldmkvi 10:54:27 03/21/19 (1)
A little vaseline on the lens...
Famous Score by Elmer Bernstein too.
- "That's the Doris Day Filter".... I think you mean.... - TWB 10:53:05 03/22/19 (0)
  cinematography by the likes of Harry Stradling... He was Barbra Streisand's cinematographer on her first 4-5 films until his unexpected death. He was famous for photographing women through a hazy lens... He was cinematographer on some of Hollywood's most renowned films... Funny Girl, My Fair Lady, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Pajama Game, Guys and Dolls, Auntie Mame, Gypsy to name a few..... I don't think Doris Day used lens filtering as much as some of the stars in the above films....

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