Onsite FILM Seminar SeriesThe Earrings of Madame de... Directed by Max OphülsSaturday, March 16, 2024
The Earrings of Madame de... (French) is a 1953 romantic drama film directed by Max Ophüls from a screenplay he co-wrote with Marcel Achard and Annette Wademant, based on the 1951 novel Madame de... by Louise Lévêque de Vilmorin. The film is considered a masterpiece of 1950s French cinema. Andrew Sarris called it "the most perfect film ever made". Ophüls said the story's construction attracted him, stating "there is always the same axis around which the action continually turns like a carousel. A tiny, scarcely visible axis: a pair of earrings".
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March 16 Schedule (times PDT):
9:30-10:00AM - Continental Breakfast
10:00AM-12:00PM - Film Showing
12:00-12:45PM - Lunch
12:45-2:45PM - Discussion
Tutor:
Peter Rainer - Film Critic for the Christian Science Monitor and NPR
Location:
417 Bryant Circle in Ojai, California