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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 389555" data-attributes="member: 8">Last night was a &quot;the kids of &#039;52&quot; double feature.FORBIDDEN GAMES (1952)[ATTACH=full]51251[/ATTACH]Since I had been searching for the best of this-or-that in the various online recommendation lists, and because I found this one, I already had an idea what it was all about.The first surprise was the opening theme, I hadn&#039;t heard it before but I knew the music from Julio Iglesias&#039; 1975 smash hit &quot;Quiero&quot;.The second surprise was the humorous tone of the story, most of it is in the Hatfields &amp; McCoys feud between the neighbours.Michel and Paulette&#039;s forbidden games is perhaps somewhat similar to the &quot;imaginary friend&quot;, a place where they can go and have their own secret which is based on Paulette&#039;s confusion and Michel&#039;s desire to indulge her. It&#039;s something that the war can&#039;t touch.A great film, all my expectations have been fulfilled.HUNTED (1952)[ATTACH=full]51252[/ATTACH]Orphan Robbie may as well have been Paulette&#039;s twin brother, his white-blond hair makes him look like a lightbulb in the darker scenery. This unlikely duo of runaways has to do a lot of jumping, climbing and ducking, and just like Michel in the first feature little Robbie gets shoved about quite a lot.The murder committed by Dirk Bogarde&#039;s character is a crime passionnel and it&#039;s easy to see from the very beginning that he&#039;s not an evil or dangerous bastard.Or maybe it&#039;s because he looks like Cliff Richard in The Young Ones.As a result, the story leans towards melodrama. Perhaps the darkest part of the story is Chris Lloyd&#039;s wife, a treacherous femme fatale.Then there&#039;s Chris&#039; brother who sneakily crams his own community sub-plotline into the chase drama. I always love this sort of details.The reason I picked this film is because Dirk Bogarde talked about it in an interview - possibly a special feature on THE SERVANT or VICTIM dvd - and he mentioned that child actor Jon Whiteley started to cry during a scene in which his character was told that he wasn&#039;t wanted anymore. He believed it was the actor rather than the fictional Chris Lloyd who told him that.Again, I got exactly what I wanted and that makes it the most double of the double features. It&#039;s also the last one because the rest of the (short) list cannot be combined. Unless I would do &quot;two films released in 1970&quot; but that&#039;s a bit lame.[MEDIA=youtube]wyJTuPNuOUE[/MEDIA]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 389555, member: 8"] Last night was a "the kids of '52" double feature. FORBIDDEN GAMES (1952) [ATTACH type="full"]51251[/ATTACH] Since I had been searching for the best of this-or-that in the various online recommendation lists, and because I found this one, I already had an idea what it was all about. The first surprise was the opening theme, I hadn't heard it before but I knew the music from Julio Iglesias' 1975 smash hit "Quiero". The second surprise was the humorous tone of the story, most of it is in the Hatfields & McCoys feud between the neighbours. Michel and Paulette's forbidden games is perhaps somewhat similar to the "imaginary friend", a place where they can go and have their own secret which is based on Paulette's confusion and Michel's desire to indulge her. It's something that the war can't touch. A great film, all my expectations have been fulfilled. HUNTED (1952) [ATTACH type="full"]51252[/ATTACH] Orphan Robbie may as well have been Paulette's twin brother, his white-blond hair makes him look like a lightbulb in the darker scenery. This unlikely duo of runaways has to do a lot of jumping, climbing and ducking, and just like Michel in the first feature little Robbie gets shoved about quite a lot. The murder committed by Dirk Bogarde's character is a crime passionnel and it's easy to see from the very beginning that he's not an evil or dangerous bastard. Or maybe it's because he looks like Cliff Richard in The Young Ones. As a result, the story leans towards melodrama. Perhaps the darkest part of the story is Chris Lloyd's wife, a treacherous femme fatale. Then there's Chris' brother who sneakily crams his own community sub-plotline into the chase drama. I always love this sort of details. The reason I picked this film is because Dirk Bogarde talked about it in an interview - possibly a special feature on THE SERVANT or VICTIM dvd - and he mentioned that child actor Jon Whiteley started to cry during a scene in which his character was told that he wasn't wanted anymore. He believed it was the actor rather than the fictional Chris Lloyd who told him that. Again, I got exactly what I wanted and that makes it the most double of the double features. It's also the last one because the rest of the (short) list cannot be combined. Unless I would do "two films released in 1970" but that's a bit lame. [MEDIA=youtube]wyJTuPNuOUE[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]

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