Best Picture Movie Reviews: 1950: All About Eve

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[Zip.ca] [IMDB] [WikipediaThe movie opens on an awards banquet, where Eve Harrington is accepting a prestigious award for her theatrical work. As we watch the ceremony, the movie fades into a flashback

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[poeticalpanther]

I wanted to say I've really been enjoying these posts, for a start; it's really interesting, as someone with a devotion to old movies, to see how they're viewed by someone who's approaching them fresh.

I wonder if the change in emotional freight you're noticing might be a reaction to this event, in some way. Not that the movie has anything to do with the link, but the people making, watching, and voting on the movie did. I know during WWII a lot of films were very optimistic, as a sort of war contribution by the cultural workers. And of course those of the Academy who voted for the film would have been under the same sort of gloom cloud.

Anyway, thanks! It's always enjoyable to read these. :)