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 AN INTERESTING AFFAIR.... Feb 08, 2010
AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER 1957
....unlike it's counterpart..LOVE AFFAIR filmed in 1939..this adaptation is colorized and it so screams as such...original story written by leo mccarey and mildred cram..screenplay by leo mccarey...songs by harry warren...music by hugo friedhofer...directed by leo mccarey...
our story begins not unlike the original version on an ocean liner out on the high seas..
we are introduced to nicky ferrente..(cary grant)..who never fails to amuse with his boyish devilish charms...a "playboy" who interesting enough we find is on his way to new york from london to be married.....our nicky conveniently happens to run into terry mckay..(deborah kerr)..who coincidentally also has a fiancee "back home" in new york...
our story steams full ahead with snappy dialogue at times and at other times seems stilted and forced and even draggy....could it be me i wonder...maybe i am missing some subtlety here..
of course the set design for our romantic voyage also screams 50's era..who knew... drab olive green shocking oranges..turquoise and baby blue...god awful pop art pattern on fabric..lots of icy cold angles and mirrors...burr..makes me shiver! other telltale clues to this period in time..things that really irritate my sense and sensibilities.ladies wearing fur...OOCH!...lack of desired atmosphere touches...all surfaces too crisp clear and pristine...i think our attention is forced to focus only on these two people because i see nothing to admire in the rest...
i am irritated by small things as well....like nicky throwing his letter from his fiance into the ocean..thus littering...dark shadows cast on these characters even though they are supposedly standing outside in the bright sunlight....what ever happened to continuity?
my god....was i starting to get sea sick but was saved just in the nicky of time when nick invites spunky terry to visit his grandmother during a five hour stop in port....we are treated mercifully to getting off that darn boat...our vista opens wide to a delightful seaside village full of character and sunlight...i can breath again..
grandmother's villa is full of old world european charm.....nicky redeems himself in our gals eyes by endearing stories told by grand mother about him....terry even discovers that he can even paint! the views are spectacular if you can believe them...i think they look quite fake....
oh my..the sappy dialogue continues on and on and on...and then sometimes..the words just float uncomfortably in space...not too much room for emotion nor emotional connection with these two...before our ship of fools finally docks in new york harbor it is much too late for my loyalty....
there are a couple of amusing moments..one being as nicky and terry stand waiting to disembark...and they're standing at opposite ends of the passageway..they glance back and forth at each other....so do the other passengers...not unlike a tennis match...the other being an interview scene with robert q. lewis between nicky and his socialite fiance in her new york apartment....flash over to the strand reunion between terry and her fiance..both quite amusing...(you'll have to see for yourself)...
life continues for our two star crossed lovers for six months as they have vowed to meet at the top of the empire state building.....he waits there for her...but she doesn't show up...an accident befalls poor terry on the way to their clandestine tryst..witch leaves her crippled and broken....nicky does not know any of this and simply assumes that she has changed her mind....
mundane life continues for both...we see nicky brood on the street in front of the empire state building then sadly walk away in the night......then one foggy christmas eve...nicky shows up at terry's apartment..to discover at long last that there always was a reason terry didn't show up that night.....
cue the ending music.....thank you very much for that.....
although it was quite a chore to get through this film....i am sorry that i listened to that lovely melody by vic dimone.. AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER....cause now hard as i try...i just can't get that song out of my head!
0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Great Movie! Jan 28, 2010
There was definitely some water damage on the movie's box, but the movie still works.
 Timeless Classic... Jan 25, 2010
I simply love this movie... but what I love the most about it though is it's subtility, there is something about it... it slowly sweeps the viewer away. I will admit that the last third of the movie is a bit slower then the first 2/3's of the movie, but that does not take away from the movie.
This is a beautiful charismatic romance... beautiful scenery, I loved the part when Terry meets Nicky's grandmother there was something so peaceful and tranquil about it, and at the same time profound. I also love their meeting again after the separation, in Terry's apartment when Nicky finally finds out the truth, that was such a heartfelt and heartwrenching scene. However the one thing that could have been done better in that last scene is the ending, which I felt was a bit of an open ending. They should have made it clear that Nicky would never leave Terry- whether she walked again or not- and not just imply it.
I would have loved that end scene more if they had made that clear and not just implied it and left it for the viewer's imagination.
I love this movie, great dialogue, good characters... great classic...timeless
0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Not the complete package! Dec 28, 2009
I love this film beyond words. And each DVD release seems to be better than the rest.
But for heavens sake, why couldn't FOX have added the original 1939 version, Love Affair, to the second disc (or maybe onto the first disc)? Having acquired the rights and original camera negatives from RKO when Leo remade the film at 20th Century (although the film is now in the public domain), you would have thought they could have put the two classics side-by-side, and given Love Affair a decent well-deserved release.
The addition would have been a nice touch for the 50th Anniversary DVD release.
The best of Cary and Deborah Dec 24, 2009
I have seen this movie more than a dozen times and it never gets old.It's also my mothers favor movie, so I'm sending to her for Christmas.Anyone that watches this movie will enjoy it. Thanks Linda
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