Released in the 40s (the golden decade for noirs), it contains many ingredients of this film movement: a significant black and white cinematography, ambiguous male characters, murder, money, a femme fatale (well, yes and no. A love-hate relationship between the two begins with the husband looking in the dark.Īs I was watching it again for the blogathon, I realised how this film is a great model of film noir. Well, it turns out that she and Johnny were once engaged (small world). After a business trip, Ballin is back with his new wife: Gilda (Rita Hayworth). The basic story, however, is simple: Johnny Farrell (Glenn Ford) arrives in Buenos Aires where he befriends Ballin Mundson (George Macready), the owner of a casino. Gilda is worth seeing for many reasons, the main one being that it’s a complete and complex film. And Rita has an important role to play in the story! The prisoners get very excited over the way she moves her hair, but who wouldn’t be? She looks just fabulous! Interestingly, the novella written by Stephen King on which the film was adapted was called Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption. The clip that is shown is Gilda’s iconic entrance. Remember this scene where the convicts watch the film. The first time I saw a clip from Gilda was actually by watching The Shawshank Redemption. Therefore, my first viewing didn’t give me that much of an impression and I think the film gets better on each viewing. Somehow, I had completely forgotten about that. What’s so extraordinary about that? Anyway, the other day, I remembered that the first time I saw Gilda, it was not on DVD. And to this day, I still like to buy DVDs. DVD era is dead.” Well, back then it wasn’t THAT dead. *clap clap* Now, I hear you say “yes, but you can watch films on the Internet and blablabla. In the end, I never rented the film there because it closed before I had the occasion to make my mind. Maybe because there are so many good classic films to see? And they had a lot of choices, so it was always hard to make a decision. Great… Well, in their collection, they had Gilda but, every time I was going, I was always on the verge to rent it and was finally opting for another classic. Unfortunately, it closed doors (like most video stores) and now it’s a place where you can buy gardening tools. I had the occasion to start watching my first classic films thanks to this video store in my neighborhood where they had a TON of great classic films to rent.
But I actually didn’t watch it that fast. So, this film was rapidly included on my must-watch list. She looked good as a redhead, as a brunette and as a blonde. Just looking at these photos I thought Rita Hayworth was one of the most beautiful women in the world, and I still think that. In this book, there are a few pictures of Rita Hayworth as Gilda so, obviously, I was aware this film existed quite early in my discovery of classic films. It was one of the elements that made me discover classic films. You probably remember me telling you about this book entitled Les Stars de Cinéma. But my “relationship” with this film is one that is worth telling you about.Īs a matter of fact, it starts with my first steps into the world of classic films. For the classic film addict, I probably won’t necessarily make you discover a film since I’ve decided to cover Rita’s most iconic role: Gilda (Charles Vidor, 1946). Well, after all, I’m here to celebrate Rita Hayworth’s centenary! The glamorous actress would have been 100 on October 17 and Michaela from Love Letters to Old Hollywood has decided to host a blogathon in her honour. But for now, I hope you accept my apologies! Anyway, I said “enough” and made a choice: today, I’m writing for my blog. I’m finally back to blogathon business and, don’t worry, I’ll eventually give you an explanation why I recently skipped so many I had subscribed to.
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