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French actress Jeanne Moreau stars in 'Lulu' at the Theatre de l'Athenee. The play, written by Frank Wedekind, also starred actor Roland Bertin. Orange show in San Bernardino, March 7 1956.
Famously described by Orson Welles as “the greatest actress in the world”, Jeanne Moreau (1928–2017) is a true icon of the French New Wave, defining coolness, female emancipation and sophistication throughout the late 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s. With her expressive yet enigmatic face, unfathomable dark eyes, characteristic downturned mouth and sensual lips she embodied self-assuredness, uncompromising sensuality and a rebellious spirit.
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- Jeanne Moreau is Jacqueline 'Jackie' Demaistre, a woman who left her husband and children and heads for the roulette tables of Nice. There she meets a young man, Jean Fournier, who coincidentally stumbles upon her in a winning streak inside the casino.
Beginning her career in theatre, Moreau performed with the Comédie-Française and Théâtre National Populaire in the 1940s and early 1950s. After finding fame in Louis Malle’s Lift to the Scaffold – following a series of often-undistinguished roles dating back to the late 1940s – her film career unfolded like an honour roll for the greatest directors and auteurs of the 1960s and ’70s. With a fluid screen presence, Moreau played an extraordinary array of characters without ever being pigeonholed and while always demonstrating an empowered femininity.
On screen she could be disdainful yet sensitive, ferocious yet vulnerable, intense yet melancholic. Before her death in July 2017, Moreau’s film career had spanned over six decades, more than 130 films and a host of lifetime achievement awards.
This season focuses on Moreau’s key films from the decade 1958–68, including her work with many of her most sympathetic directors, François Truffaut (Jules et Jim), Jacques Demy (La baie des anges), Luis Buñuel (Diary of a Chambermaid), Malle (Les amants) and Joseph Losey (Eva). It concludes with the most successful of her small number of often-intimate directorial efforts, L’adolescente.
| Eva | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Joseph Losey |
| Produced by | Raymond Hakim Robert Hakim |
| Screenplay by | Hugo Butler Evan Jones |
| Based on | Eve by James Hadley Chase |
| Starring | Jeanne Moreau Stanley Baker Virna Lisi |
| Music by | Michel Legrand |
| Cinematography | Gianni Di Venanzo |
| Edited by | Reginald Beck Franca Silvi |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Cineriz (Italy) Gala Film Distributors (UK) Times Film Corporation (US) |
Release date | |
Running time | 116 minutes |
| Country | France Italy |
| Language | English |
Eva, released in the United Kingdom as Eve, is a 1962 Italian-French co-production drama film directed by Joseph Losey and starring Jeanne Moreau, Stanley Baker and Virna Lisi. Its screenplay is adapted from James Hadley Chase's 1945 novel Eve.[1]
Plot summary[edit]
A raw Welsh novelist in Venice is humiliated by a money-loving Frenchwoman who erotically ensnares him.
Cast[edit]
- Jeanne Moreau as Eva Olivier
- Virna Lisi as Francesca Ferrari
- Stanley Baker as Tyvian Jones
- James Villiers as Alan McCormick
- Lisa Gastoni as The red-headed Russian
- Riccardo Garrone as Michele
- Checco Rissone as Pieri
- Enzo Fiermonte as Enzo
- Giorgio Albertazzi as Branco Malloni
- Peggy Guggenheim as Baccarat player at casino
- Alexis Revidis as The Greek
Production[edit]
It was shot partly on location around Venice. The film's sets were designed by the art directorsRichard Macdonald and Luigi Scaccianoce. Losey said he never would have normally chosen to make a film out of Chase's novel 'but I made the film mine more than anything I have ever done.'[2]
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Losey said later the producers made cuts without his permission and the film was a disappointment to him.[3]
Critical reception[edit]
The New York Times concluded 'Mr. Losey said the producer ruined it by cutting. The rejoinder is: He didn't cut it enough';[4] while in a similarly unfavourable review, Dennis Schwartz opined 'The story itself is the film's main problem, because it is so unsettling and perverse. It never lets in any sunlight';[5] however Derek Winnert noted 'Losey's dark thriller is really rather effective and underrated, and the actors are spot on in tailor-made roles.'[6]
References[edit]
- ^Geoffrey Nowell-Smith (20 June 2013). Making Waves, Revised and Expanded: New Cinemas of the 1960s. A&C Black, 2013. ISBN978-1623566913.
- ^'FILM CRAFT: Joseph Losey talks to Peter Lennon'. The Guardian. London. July 9, 1962. p. 5.
- ^EUGENE ARCHER. (Mar 15, 1964). 'EXPATRIATE RETRACES HIS STEPS: Joseph Losey Changes Direction With His British 'Servant''. New York Times. p. X9.
- ^Crowther, Bosley (June 5, 1965). 'The Screen: Jeanne Moreau as Eva:Romantic Drama Opens at Little Carnegie'. NY Times.
- ^'EVA – Dennis Schwartz Reviews'.
- ^'Eva **** (1962, Stanley Baker, Jeanne Moreau, Virna Lisi, James Villiers, Lisa Gastoni) – Classic Movie Review 3999'. July 11, 2016.
External links[edit]
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- Eva on IMDb
