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"So it's a bit of a surprise that 1949's frazzled noir Shockproof, directed by Sirk from a screenplay co-written by Fuller, is so little known."
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The late German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder , one of Sirk's greatest champions, observed of Sirk's sensibility: Remarque's saying that if it weren't for the war this would be eternal love.
Cinema's Warm Embrace Steve Dollar 2011
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A Woman's Face plays a bit like a Douglas Sirk film.
Michael Giltz: DVDs: Who Is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World? Michael Giltz 2011
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A Woman's Face plays a bit like a Douglas Sirk film.
Michael Giltz: DVDs: Who Is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World? Michael Giltz 2011
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As part of the "Overdue!" series of missing-in-action classics, a pair of infrequently screened Douglas Sirk films are revived.
Cinema's Warm Embrace Steve Dollar 2011
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The original 1945 movie of that name was just one in a long line that includes Douglas Sirk's 1959 melodrama "Imitation of Life."
Mommie Mildred Dearest Nancy deWolf Smith 2011
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Standard Douglas Sirk-directed melodrama is an mildly entertaining showcase for Lucille Ball, looking fabulous.
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The CinemaScope "A Time to Love and a Time to Die" 1958 found Sirk home in his native Germany for the first time since 1937, shooting an adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque 's novel.
Cinema's Warm Embrace Steve Dollar 2011
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Standard Douglas Sirk-directed melodrama is an mildly entertaining showcase for Lucille Ball, looking fabulous.
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Sirk is saying that if it weren't for the war this would not be love at all.
Cinema's Warm Embrace Steve Dollar 2011
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