Puzzle of a Downfall Child

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Chris V More style than substance, but an interesting film nonetheless. Faye Dunaway in the role of a model and she is beautiful as are the clothes, the cars, the sets and locations. The movie is a nice time capsule of the more elegant set in 1970. Faye's acting is a bit overwrought and at times it is hard to look past her acting and see her as the character. The supporting cast fares better. Worth viewing at least once is this little known film with an unfortunate title. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 09/04/24 Full Review steve d I don't think it amounted to very much. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Sad, beautifully shot movie. Perhaps even Faye Dunaway's best role? I gotta think on that but boy is she perfect in this. A really surprisingly empathetic film - Lou clearly has issues but the movie never dismisses her as much as the men around her seem to do. You get the sense most of her problems come from her obsession with male affirmation. She needs to be told she's attractive, she needs to sleep with somebody to confirm her attractiveness, she needs attention, she needs people to be after her - but can you blame her when it's literally all she knows? Starting with when she's 15 and some creep older man uses his star power to assault her... she's been conditioned to need to be needed, but she realizes she doesn't actually want what she wants and it throws her entire world into chaos. It makes me think of the Serge Gainsbourg quote: "We take women for what they are not, and leave them for what they are." Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Faye Dunaway is amazing.: talent, beauty and intelligence. Jerry Schatzberg's first movie is impressive. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member PORTRAIT D'UNE ENFANT DECHUE. Ressorti sur les ecrans parisiens, ce film de Jerry Schatzberg de 1970 est une oeuvre forte et puissante tiree d'une histoire vraie. Ancien mannequin super celebre, Lou Andreas Sand s'est isolee dans une maison au bord de l'ocean. Elle recoit la visite de son ami photographe Aaron Reinhardt avec qui elle tente de faire le point sur sa vie. On voyage alors dans un puzzle ou son existence est tour a tour mensonge et realite, grandeur et decadence, fierte et humiliation. La formidable Faye Dunaway, grande star de l'epoque, nous emporte des les premieres secondes du film avec sa voix incroyablement sensuelle et sophistiquee, son jeu si intensement parfait que la plus grande partie du film est faite de ses gros plans. On est totalement subjuge par cette beaute parfois glamour, parfois pathetique, se trahissant elle-meme tant elle cherche a cacher ses demons. Si le film a un peu vieilli dans sa realisation, la puissance du fond demeure: la beaute est-elle un don ou un fardeau? Celle de Faye Dunaway nous marque a jamais. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Great portrait of beauty, is it a gift? Is it a curse? Is getting old a punishment for our life style? A very subtle cinematography and a touching performance by Faye Dunaway. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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