tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509825018139758536.post6258660541290495835..comments2024-02-05T21:23:49.249-08:00Comments on Lady Eve's Reel Life: Light, Shadow and Synergy - von Sternberg and Dietrich, Part IThe Lady Evehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11963115499930520653noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509825018139758536.post-364994622758662032010-10-20T09:58:27.618-07:002010-10-20T09:58:27.618-07:00An excellent start to a truly fascinating partners...An excellent start to a truly fascinating partnership, I look forward to reading the next two installments. I find it interesting how many artist and muse pairings existed between director and actress: De Mille and Gloria Swanson, Godard and Anna Karina and Fellini and Giulietta Masina. I also wanted to mention that your blog design is an elegant compliment to the images and text.whistlingypsynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509825018139758536.post-42845099986130465832010-10-03T22:25:06.825-07:002010-10-03T22:25:06.825-07:00Thank you my good doctor, and I hope you will give...Thank you my good doctor, and I hope you will give the von Sternberg/Dietrich films another chance. I find them mesmerizing, poetic and visually...indescribable (too many adjectives come to mind). You mention Parts II and III...I originally planned this to be a one-parter, but quickly realized that was impossible. I'm now realizing that two parts won't do justice to the subject either...The Lady Evehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11963115499930520653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509825018139758536.post-15958007877452645572010-10-03T18:30:53.429-07:002010-10-03T18:30:53.429-07:00great post EVE..i have always been critical of the...great post EVE..i have always been critical of the VON STERNBERG/DIETRICH collaborations after DIE BLAUE ENGEL...but this first part is written with such lyricism and insight that i may have to change my opinion,,,waitin for II & III...doctor sabelotodohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17753057330165133638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509825018139758536.post-85451809979112688672010-10-01T12:59:14.536-07:002010-10-01T12:59:14.536-07:00According to von Sternberg's autobiography, he...According to von Sternberg's autobiography, he never had censorship problems, even after the Code came in, but I don't think this particular scene would have made the cut post-Code.<br /><br />Interestingly, before he worked in film, von Sternberg worked for a Fifth Avenue "lace house." This experience had an impact on the way he later used light to animate his films and relates to his frequent use of sheer fabric as visual texture.The Lady Evehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11963115499930520653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509825018139758536.post-91122124935765394792010-10-01T02:59:14.769-07:002010-10-01T02:59:14.769-07:00Excellent, Eve. Your writing is wonderful, and th...Excellent, Eve. Your writing is wonderful, and the topic so interesting. I really look forward to Part II. Isn't it a good thing that Morocco was make in 1930, before the code came into effect? That scene would never have made the cut. And that beautiful black and white portrait of Dietrich at the beginning of your article -- quite an eye-catcher!ClassicBeckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03591715859057540467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509825018139758536.post-25359110712446653722010-09-30T23:44:26.013-07:002010-09-30T23:44:26.013-07:00Good post! You are probably going to mention it in...Good post! You are probably going to mention it in a later post, but don't forget Sternberg's composition in depth. He would put veils, nets, other people, and whatever else fit so that it wasn't a camera filming actors on a flat background.Valerie Troutmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00410883127046380616noreply@blogger.com