tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post646887737922670709..comments2024-03-23T21:46:50.843-04:00Comments on the passionate moviegoer: cinema obscura: René Clement's "Le Passager de la Pluie"/"Rider on the Rain" (1969)joe baltakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11467420961490314339noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-51411398985243769992015-02-03T22:42:17.559-05:002015-02-03T22:42:17.559-05:00Edmond- I was remiss. I didn't mean to imply t...Edmond- I was remiss. I didn't mean to imply that the French-language version of "Rider on the Rain" played only in New York. Of course, it also played in L.A., as was the case back in the day. Thanks for the heads up.joe baltakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11467420961490314339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-11764051004772323202015-02-03T21:45:14.986-05:002015-02-03T21:45:14.986-05:00I know this is years - and years!- after the fact,...I know this is years - and years!- after the fact, but I've been reading some of your older posts, and Rider on the Rain / Passager sur la pluie did play in its French version outside of NY. It played in Los Angeles - it was the first subtitled movie I'd ever seen. Saw it with my mom dad when I was twelve.Pacocathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08763969020166925176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-45619611329288147862008-10-15T19:44:00.000-04:002008-10-15T19:44:00.000-04:00Daryl--Many thanks for the insight into Clement's ...Daryl--<BR/><BR/>Many thanks for the insight into Clement's excursions into dual French-language/English-language productions. It sounds like something that Criterion should release as a boxed set, with both versions of each film (<EM>three</EM>, in the case of "This Angry Age").joe baltakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11467420961490314339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-20021745030773549962008-10-15T16:56:00.000-04:002008-10-15T16:56:00.000-04:00Rene Clement had a lot of (bad) luck with his mult...Rene Clement had a lot of (bad) luck with his multilingual productions; unfortunately, these were among his best movies. <BR/><BR/>It started with MONSIEUR RIPOIS <BR/>(1954), which was filmed in both French and English. The French version was hailed as a sharp satirical study; the English version was cut and got terrible reviews. It's especially lamentable that it seems to have vanished (in both France and England, let alone the US) because it has one of the great performances by Gerard Philipe. <BR/><BR/>Then there's THIS ANGRY AGE (a.k.a. BARRAGE CONTRE LA PACIFIQUE or THE SEA WALL; 1958). Filmed in English, French and Italian, it had amazing color cinematography of Southeast Asia (the movie is set in Vietnam, or French Indochina as it was called in the 1930s when the movie is set) and a cast that included Silvana Mangano, Anthony Perkins, Jo Van Fleet (the third of her trio of "old lady" performances, the other two being EAST OF EDEN and WILD RIVER), Alida Valli, and Richard Conte. <BR/><BR/>Quite frankly: i haven't seen either of these movies in decades (and we are talking like... 50 years in the case of THIS ANGRY AGE!). I was taken to THIS ANGRY AGE by my grandmother (i was about 5 at the time) because the ads made it seem as if the movie was about fraternal twins, and my twin sister and i did think that Tony Perkins and Silvana Mangano played twins. <BR/><BR/>But Clement (and Claude Autant-Lara, for that matter) remain largely overlooked because of so many of their films remain unavailable. RIDER ON THE RAIN was a really creepy movie about the effects of rape, but i haven't seen it in decades as well, and i do remember that it was very ambiguous in terms of the ending.Daryl Chinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13371258313590183345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-5246407267735025352008-10-14T13:16:00.000-04:002008-10-14T13:16:00.000-04:00Sounds like a job for Severin FilmsSounds like a job for Severin FilmsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-62275493854592346442008-10-13T16:48:00.000-04:002008-10-13T16:48:00.000-04:00saw the French version at the Plaza in New York an...saw the French version at the Plaza in New York and then took my girlfriend to see it in a Times Square house a few weeks later. It was in English. I couldn't figure what happened. I preferred the French but you can't find it any place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com