Review of Imitation of Life (1959) by Michael Wilmington for Chicago Tribune — 01 May 2003
Fifty-six years after it opened, Douglas Sirk’s Imitation of Life remains the apotheosis of Hollywood melodrama — as Sirk’s final film, it could hardly be anything else — and the toughest-minded, most irresolvable movie ever made about race in this country.
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This review of Imitation of Life (1959) was written by Michael Wilmington and published by Chicago Tribune on 01 May 2003.
Imitation of Life has generally received very positive reviews.
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