Magnificent Obsession (1935): Stahl Vs. Sirk Again

As I continue my mini odyssey considering the differences between the melodrama of John M. Stahl and Douglas Sirk, one of the finest exhibit pieces is an early scene in Magnificent Obsession. The beloved Dr. Hudson has died because the life-saving pulmotor he needed was being used on someone else. A... Read full article

Variações sobre um mesmo tema: Sublime Obsessão / Magnificent Obsession (1935 e 1954)

Variações sobre um mesmo tema: Sublime Obsessão / Magnificent Obsession (1935 e 1954) ESTE ARTIGO CONTÉM SPOILERS THIS ARTICLE HAS SPOILERS A história de “Sublime Obsessão” é o mais melodramática possível. E quando o livro é adaptado para o cinema, ele ajuda es... Read full article

Magnificent Obsession (1954)

This is the type of film that when the inevitable happens and a character mentions the title phrase a swell of angels voices begin to murmur and in one sense Magnificent Obsession is a sentimental even spiritual endeavor wrapped up in a soapy melodramatic morality tale. But the key is that if you kn... Read full article

Book Review--Magnificent Obsession: The Outrageous History of Film Buffs, Collectors, Scholars, and Fanatics

Magnificent Obsession: The Outrageous History of Film Buffs, Collectors, Scholars, and Fanatics Anthony Slide University Press of Mississippi, 2018 Even from the early days of film, cinema fanatics have existed in some form. Though not always known as film buffs, these mostly white, male, and socia... Read full article

The Double Life of Mrs. Courtland: Genevieve Bujold in Obsession

When Christina Wehner  and Ruth from Silver Screenings announced their Dual Roles Blogathon, it was not long after I had seen Brian de Palma’s Obsession for the first time so, this film had to be my choice for the event. The ladies’s blogathon celebrates movies where one actor pla... Read full article