Thoughts about 'Camille' **Contain spoilers!!**
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CharlotteXavier — 19 years ago(April 01, 2007 10:14 AM)
In the book Camille is older than Armand, or it is suggested anyway, but by a few years, so that parrallels the book, in the look anyway.
btw - just looked it up and according to imdb, Naz was 16 years older than Valentino. -
ssanc2002 — 19 years ago(April 01, 2007 06:06 PM)
I fell in love with this movie instantly. I have a dvd with the music from the TCM Young Composers contest which really blends well with the film. I loved the art deco feel of it. Rambova had good taste with this one. I believe they used an Iris 7eceffect to make Nazimova appear "glossy" hence younger than she was. Valentino was subdued yet very effective. Very cosmopolitian very different than what most people equate him with as the Shiek or The Eagle.
This is one of my favorite Valentino films.
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NatachaRambova — 19 years ago(April 03, 2007 12:06 AM)
This was my first Valentino movie and I loved it! (stupid Moulin Rouge movie ripped this off!)
I LOVED the scene you are talking about and I think Rudolph did a great acting job during that scene. His facial expressions and body language were great!
"He who gazes upon the sun, need not debate it's brilliance! Uh, Ling Po." -Harold Lloyd -
bluemarlin_1988 — 19 years ago(April 07, 2007 11:52 AM)
no doubt it was beautiful! but i saw some pctures on garbospeaks.com that i didn't see in the film (i wathched it on youtube) were they cut or not in the film?
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CharlotteXavier — 19 years ago(April 07, 2007 09:33 PM)
Are you sure that link is right? I didn't see anything related to silent films on that site. I'd love to see the photos you refer to, so thanks in advance if you can provide it!
btw - vivien - Moulin Rouge didn't rip off this film, they ripped off Camille by Alexandre Dumas fils. He wrote the book, which became a stage play in the 19th century, then an opera, and many film versions were made as well. I was dragged to see Moulin Rouge, which is an appropriate verb to use here, since it was a boring drag to watch it. I remember thinking that I hadn't seen anything at all in the media about it beeing based on Camille. Don't know if it was ever acknowledged, but if not it is a huge injustice. I did love Strictly Ballroom though. -
NatachaRambova — 18 years ago(April 15, 2007 12:39 AM)
Well, yeah that's pretty much what I meant. lol. Thanks for the info, I appreciate it. I really can't stand that movie. It was the most un-original thing I've ever seen! Everything in that movie was stolen from something else. And even if I didn't know that, I still wouldn't like the movie. I felt like I had done drugs and became a stupid moron while watching it!
"He who gazes upon the sun, need not debate it's brilliance! Uh, Ling Po." -Harold Lloyd -
baker-street — 17 years ago(September 03, 2008 09:56 AM)
There was A SECOND ENDING FOR 'CAMILLE'!
From an original review of 1921:
"We understand that Mme. Nazimova constructed two conclusions to "Camille": one in which she follows the original novel in that the heroine dies alone, and the other in which she follows the play, wherein the lady of the camellias dies, for the sake of dramatic effectiveness, in the arms of the sorrowing Armand. We had the opportunity of viewing only the former, which, we must admit, has not the emotional wrench of the speaking play's climax."
sigh!
and:
""Camille" is very nearly a series of close-ups of the star. The flashes of Rudolph Valentino as Armand indicate further promise in this highly promising young actor, but the remainder of the cast is wholly out of the atmosphere."
tee hee
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Falconeer — 11 years ago(June 21, 2014 09:03 AM)
I just mentioned elsewhere, Rudy's portrayal of Armand in "Camille" was the most romantic thing i have ever seen anywhere. He is incredible in that film!
"IMdB; where 14 year olds can act like jaded 40 year old critics'