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A Song of Longing Unfinished Love

A Song of Longing Unfinished Love

Drama, Music, Biography

Charles Vidor, George Cukor

Dirk Bogarde, Capucine, Geneviève Page

1960

USA

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Completed

English

141 minutes

2025-03-02 15:36:10

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This film (drama)Also known asSong Without End,is aUSAProducerwomen sex,At1960Released in year 。The dialogue language isEnglish,Current Douban rating7.5(For reference only)。
In a confused welter of artistic license, this is the classical music biopic which makes 'Song to Remember' look like a masterpiece. Bogarde succeeds in diminishing the reputation of the musical colossus who spanned European music for most of the 19th Century. The absurdities of the plot, the sequoia-like quality of the acting and the prevalence of historical, musical and linguistic anachronisms combine to elevate this offering to the status of an A1 turkey. How a pianist of the stature of Bolet came to be mixed up in this fiasco can only be guessed at. The characterization of Liszt fails to convey even a minute impression of his magnetic personality and the overwhelming effect that he had on not only his audiences, but also his pianistic rivals. Clara Schumann herself said that 'we toil over that which Liszt reads at sight!' Whilst the emphasis seems to focus on his romantic prowess, rather than his status as the greatest pianist of the century or, arguably, of all time, one feels, nevertheless, that this was an opportunity lost.