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Re: 1020 Leave Her to Heaven

Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2026 8:14 pm
by pistolwink
Two things about this film: (1) the overripe, autumnal cinematography might be the most beautiful I've ever seen; (2) my mom attests to the novel on which this was based being very popular and a bit scandalous, even by the early 1950s. She remembers a neighbor sneaking the book out on their summer vacation and reading passages out loud to the other girls, and then all of them getting in trouble when a parent found out.

Re: 1020 Leave Her to Heaven

Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2026 9:08 pm
by Criterion Nitrile
pistolwink wrote: Thu Aug 06, 2026 8:14 pm (1) the overripe, autumnal cinematography might be the most beautiful I've ever seen
If only the film's original Technicolor negatives had survived... what those first-run nitrate prints must have looked like...