Academy Award winner. We saw it and didn't like it when it came out so thought we'd give it another go. No go. It has high production values, which imparts to its tawdry plot an unearned high seriousness. This is really a Roger Corman film. One other thing. Both of us thought that the character was based on a real murderer--again, because of the "seriousness" of the whole endeavor. But no, it's all fiction . . . ghoulish fiction. We hooked it after one hour. No more tries for this one
"To all humankind, Tess was only a passing thought. Even to friends, she was only a frequently passing thought." Angel Clare is a good character. He's "enlightened," in so many ways, but when Tess's confesses her "crime," he reverts to ancestral form . . . Tess's "confession" comes earlier than I expected, right after Angel reveals that he has had a bad moment with a woman. Tess points out the similarity in their transgressions, though his is the only true transgression, expecting forgiveness. She doesn't get it. She returns to her mother . . . realizes she can't stay with her. Thoughts to suicide. Unhappiness that divorce is not possible. Departs. Tragic in that the two, if Angel could just see clearly, would indeed be a great couple, each adding to the other. Nature as a definite force involved in the tragedy. It's not neutral--when things go bad, the very skies mock Tess. Tess as unaware of the power of her bea...
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