All
About Eve (1950)
"All About Eve" is considered one of the best films
of all time by many people. It's one of those movies
I've always wanted to see, but never got around to.
A bout of insomnia remedied that problem this week.
I finally saw it on one of those classic movie cable
channels.
It's a damn fine film alright and should be considered
a gay classic. Why gay? Well, there is an underlying
feeling of lesbianism running throughout much of the
female characters here. The moments between them, at
times, is quite innuendo - ladden. And then theres the
flaming George Sanders as Addison DeWitt. He's obviously
gay and the script all but says so. In one scene it
skirts around this idea with the delicacy of Irish lace.
And, for some reason, there's just an underlying feeling
of gay cattiness in the film. Bette Davis' Margot is
simply a great bitch. We love her - LOVE her! She is
so outrageous and so over-the-top. It's just damn fun
to watch. She seems to be playing an overt caricature
of herself. When Bette blurts out the classic "Fasten
your seatbelts. it's going to be a bumpy ride" line,
I practically burst into flames myself.
"All About Eve" is a wonderful intelligent, subtle
comedy in the tradition of Preston Sturges and Billy
Wilder. It came from Joseph Mankiewicz. With it's continuing
drama and it's wonderfully brilliant "Twilight Zone"
ending, "all about Eve" is a classic. No wonder it was
the big highlight of the 1950 Oscars. It truly is a
classic.
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Script:
A-
Acting: A
Cinematography\Lighting: B+
Special Effects\Make Up: A
Music: C
Final
Grade: A
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