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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 425557" data-attributes="member: 8">GASLIGHT &#039;40 vs. GASLIGHT &#039;44I accidentally watched the original on you-know-where because I assumed it was the more well-known version. I enjoyed it very much and straight afterwards I rented the remake from Prime.Technically speaking the remake is better (no surprise there, I suppose) but not in a way that benefits the story.Charles Boyer is more convincing as the Eurotrash criminal except that it doesn&#039;t really matter if the villain is Eurotrash or not.Ingrid Bergman&#039;s character is more generous with the histrionics as is to be expected in that kind of situation, but it doesn&#039;t necessarily make the situation look more believable.The remake does more, like adding an intentional quirky character and showing more scenery, but nothing about that felt like an improvement on the original.The humour in GASLIGHT &#039;40 feels casually/naturally added to the scenes.[ATTACH=full]56635[/ATTACH]Without a whiff of sarcasm:The very irritated piano player.[ATTACH=full]56636[/ATTACH]The final scene, desperately holding on to his precious rubies.[ATTACH=full]56637[/ATTACH]To summarise the ongoing global feud between the two different GASLIGHT fanboys: it&#039;s a choice between Ingrid Bergman and Anton Walbrook.It goes without saying that Ingrid Bergman does a great job in this film and the many other films she&#039;s made, but Anton Walbrook is simply the bigger GASLIGHT powerhouse.The story is not a mystery, it&#039;s clear from the very beginning what&#039;s going on and I think that makes it more fun to be &quot;in cahoots&quot; with the villain.Unlike Charles Boyer&#039;s character, Walbrook plays the gaslighter so&nbsp; Dickensian evil that it almost becomes sexually attractive.[ATTACH=full]56638[/ATTACH]Even when he pays his wife a compliment (&quot;you look lovely tonight&quot;) it sounds like a cruel insult.The sets are a bit smaller and crammed with stuff (I LOVE the pampas plume decoration) but it intensifies the terror of &quot;what happens behind closed doors&quot;.The deviousness of the maid happens more unexpectedly but Angela Lansbury plays it equally entertaining.All things considered, the British GASLIGHT is the best.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 425557, member: 8"] GASLIGHT '40 vs. GASLIGHT '44 I accidentally watched the original on you-know-where because I assumed it was the more well-known version. I enjoyed it very much and straight afterwards I rented the remake from Prime. Technically speaking the remake is better (no surprise there, I suppose) but not in a way that benefits the story. Charles Boyer is more convincing as the Eurotrash criminal except that it doesn't really matter if the villain is Eurotrash or not. Ingrid Bergman's character is more generous with the histrionics as is to be expected in that kind of situation, but it doesn't necessarily make the situation look more believable. The remake does more, like adding an intentional quirky character and showing more scenery, but nothing about that felt like an improvement on the original. The humour in GASLIGHT '40 feels casually/naturally added to the scenes. [ATTACH type="full"]56635[/ATTACH] Without a whiff of sarcasm: The very irritated piano player. [ATTACH type="full"]56636[/ATTACH] The final scene, desperately holding on to his precious rubies. [ATTACH type="full"]56637[/ATTACH] To summarise the ongoing global feud between the two different GASLIGHT fanboys: it's a choice between Ingrid Bergman and Anton Walbrook. It goes without saying that Ingrid Bergman does a great job in this film and the many other films she's made, but Anton Walbrook is simply the bigger GASLIGHT powerhouse. The story is not a mystery, it's clear from the very beginning what's going on and I think that makes it more fun to be "in cahoots" with the villain. Unlike Charles Boyer's character, Walbrook plays the gaslighter [I]so[/I] Dickensian evil that it almost becomes sexually attractive. [ATTACH type="full"]56638[/ATTACH] Even when he pays his wife a compliment ("you look lovely tonight") it sounds like a cruel insult. The sets are a bit smaller and crammed with stuff (I LOVE the pampas plume decoration) but it intensifies the terror of "what happens behind closed doors". The deviousness of the maid happens more unexpectedly but Angela Lansbury plays it equally entertaining. All things considered, the British GASLIGHT is the best. [/QUOTE]

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