Even Vincente Minnelli disavowed this mess. He claimed that the editing was botched. Ditto for the entire film.
Were the characters dubbed? The sound made it appear that way.
Minnelli recounts how she made it big, starting off as an upstairs maid and meeting up with the Contessa, played by Ingrid Bergman. The Contessa's life has passed her by, but she takes an immediate liking to the Minnelli character and teaches her about life through her perspective. "Don't copy one's life. Be original," she states. If they thought this film were original, forget it. The Contessa is in the throws of dementia and she acts that out all the way, with a tragic ending resulting.
Charles Boyer, as the Contessa's ex-husband, appears in one scene with Bergman. They must have both thought they were back in the throws of 1944's "Gaslight." For that one, Bergman copped an Oscar, for this she went out with a colossal mess!
A lot of the film's fault is with continuity. I guess that was what Minnelli was referring to with editing.
Were the characters dubbed? The sound made it appear that way.
Minnelli recounts how she made it big, starting off as an upstairs maid and meeting up with the Contessa, played by Ingrid Bergman. The Contessa's life has passed her by, but she takes an immediate liking to the Minnelli character and teaches her about life through her perspective. "Don't copy one's life. Be original," she states. If they thought this film were original, forget it. The Contessa is in the throws of dementia and she acts that out all the way, with a tragic ending resulting.
Charles Boyer, as the Contessa's ex-husband, appears in one scene with Bergman. They must have both thought they were back in the throws of 1944's "Gaslight." For that one, Bergman copped an Oscar, for this she went out with a colossal mess!
A lot of the film's fault is with continuity. I guess that was what Minnelli was referring to with editing.