I am just wondering if anyone else found this film to be beautiful. I remember the first time I watched it I was expecti
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le_chiffre-1 — 15 years ago(January 10, 2011 01:38 PM)
Yes, I thought it was beautiful as well. The ending left me speechless for a couple of minutes with water welling up in my eyes. Not too many movies have that effect on me.
Calling this a horror movie or a thriller doesn't do it justice. It's just a good movie, period. One of a kind, really. It's one of those rare movies where everything was just perfect, like a recipe in which the ingredients were added in exactly the right proportions, producing something exceptional.
The film never, ever, went over the top, and it was interesting to see, in this age where most movies come off like 2 hour long MTV videos, how restrained the use of music was.
I loved the visual poetry at the end of the woman dressed in white releasing the caged white birds (doves?) into the forest. She was herself a caged bird. -
PussyCrusher_Principal — 13 years ago(May 26, 2012 11:06 AM)
"I also found this movie beautiful and very touching. Christiane is one of the most beautiful screen heroines ever."
Yeah, I thought that on looks alone casting Edith Scob as Christiane was brilliantshe has an otherworldy quality to her face. Of course she did a wonderful job within the role as well; loved how she had a faraway look in her eyes. Added to the sadness of the entire situation.
The first time we actually see her "face" I was moved to think of a great artist's rendering of a beautiful woman's face. Great looking film, loved it. As others have noted, the final scene is almost beyond words.
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Mosquitha — 11 years ago(February 09, 2015 02:49 AM)
Absolutely. I really liked the dreamlike quality of this film. The 2 female carachters are both stunning, Alida Valli and Edith Scob. They just need their eyes to act wonderfully. The cinematography and the music score were both eerie and beutiful.
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Errington_92 — 9 years ago(October 31, 2016 02:53 PM)
Eyes Without a Face
is very emotive, not only in its captivating use of mise en scene but also through the characters' plight. Christiane's self-hatred at her horrific circumstances and Gnessier's immoral obsession made for fascinating characterisation.
I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.