Review of La Ronde (1950) by Ken T — 06 Mar 2012
An exquisite masterwork from one of the world's finest filmmakers. La Ronde finds the viewer being taken on a merry-go-round of sexual encounters led by our narrator Anton Walbrook in Vienna 1900. One encounter leads to another, with witty sexual dialogue all the details being captured by Ophuls kinoeye.
No other director could get so much from the sets as Ophuls, and La Ronde is a great example of this talent. The camera roams the rooms, lavishly decorated, while the actors (a who's who of French actors of the time) portray various individuals within the French society from prostitute to aristocrat; the penniless to the rich.
And how all these people still are interrelated through sex. A terrific work.
This review of La Ronde (1950) was written by Ken T on 06 Mar 2012.
La Ronde has generally received very positive reviews.
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