Goodbye Again [VHS]
by Anatole Litvak
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Actor: Anthony Perkins, Ingrid Bergman, Jessie Royce Landis, Pierre Dux, Yves MontandDirector: Anatole Litvak
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, NTSC
Running Time: 120 minutes
Release Date: 1994-03-07
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
VHS Movie Reviews of Goodbye Again [VHS]
Movie Review: A beautifully pained expression of the bitter realities of old age...
Summary: 5 Stars
I stumbled onto this movie the other night on TCM, and since it starred Ingrid Bergman (who I am eternally smitten) I decided that I had to watch it. What may to some be shrugged aside as nothing more than a well crafted `chick flick' actually turned itself into a beautifully pained look at the inevitable trap of age. It wasn't until the films final frame that it all hit me like a ton of bricks, the message so clear to me, that I had to watch the film all over again to fully appreciate all that I was being told.
`Goodbye Again' tells the story of a forty-year-old interior decorator named Paula Tessier living in Paris. She has been in a relationship with the very French Roger Demarest for five years, and while she loves him unconditionally he is far less than faithful to her love. Paula is constantly being cast aside by Roger for younger, more exciting fair, and she finds herself alone most nights. Then she meets the much younger Philip Van der Besh, a spoiled rich boy who happens to be the son of one of Paula's clients. He is immediately infatuated with her, but she is standoffish. He is much younger and she already spoken for, but when Roger continues to brush her off she begins to fall for Philip's persistence.
Of course, the relationship is not without its fair share of problems and detractors.
Like I said, from outward appearance this seems like yet another love story, but it is more than that, especially as it draws to its conclusion. Paula struggles to find her inner happiness amidst a society that has conditioned her to think one way. Sure, Philip is in love with her and his mother seems to be very happy with the idea of the two of them being an item, but her own preordained views on relationships leave her battling her heart and her head. She laments to a fleeting Philip "I'm old!" as if this were an end all to end all. The fact is that she is not old and he is not too young, but this is what she has been trained to believe, so whether or not she wants to, she has to.
Bergman is a beacon of light on the screen, commanding every inch of it with her flawless portrayal of this woman's strained emotions. There are quite a few scenes where she is looking at herself in the mirror, as if she were evaluating the person she is and the woman she wants to become. She has a mesmerizing command over her characters emotional deterioration; and that final shot, the look, that face; that revelation.
Breaks my heart.
Anthony Perkins is also quite good here, balancing his characters infatuation with true love and adoration. This is a far cry from the haunting performance he gave the previous year in `Psycho' and just goes to show that you should never typecast, no matter how good an actor is at one particular thing. Yves Montand is also very impressive as Roger, the heartbreaker himself.
I highly recommend this beautifully insightful film. Bergman was a goddess and should be regarded as such. It's a shame that these older films have yet to received the DVD treatment they so deserve. You can catch it on VHS or do a search for Bergman and wait for it to play on TCM, which I'm sure it will again soon.
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