Lola Montès (1955)

Absolutely one of the most beautiful films ever shot😮

@Reese3479 7

Those who have seen Ophuls' final masterpiece as it was titled in the U.S., "The Sins of Lola Montes" did not see the complete film. It was previously restored in a VHS version but this is the first on DVD and, especially gratifying, BlueRay. When the movie was bought for American distribution, the jerks who financed its release thought it slow, dull, and uninteresting. The butchered it miserably and left audiences baffled at the result. I happened to catch it at, of all places, a drive in movie theatre in Fort Worth ("Cowtown") and loved it even then. When I finally got the VHS, I was amazed even more. I doubt Ophuls had worked in CinemaScope before, and as he was used to the old Academy aperture, a rectangular affair, he took liberties with the broad frame, often by blocking off parts of it, to amazing results. I would be that if you asked, say, Martin Scorsese what he thinks of it, he would tell you it is top drawer. I can't wait to see Criterion's. But I will have to wait for one of their periodic sales. If I were a God fearing person (I am an atheist) I would pray to God for the resurrection of Ophuls so he could go on making such superb art. 

@jamesmartin9278 24

So this is the filmmaker that Kubrick adores so much that he orders a minute of silence in the middle of his filming the seconds his death was announced, nyess?!

@WildanFishing01 1