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The last film in Hollywood of director Douglas Sirk (Written on the Wind), the 1959 Imitation of Life--an adaptation of Fannie Hurst's novel--is an endlessly fascinating film that speaks volumes about the American journey toward materialism and the racial tensions that are inseparable from it. Lana Turner plays a white single mother and aspiring actress who takes in a black housekeeper (Juanita Moore) and her daughter (played by an adolescent Susan Kohner), the latter so light-skinned she passes for white. As the years pass and success mounts for Turner, Moore also becomes more comfortable but her status as a domestic never changes. Meanwhile, Kohner's character, chafing against social constraints, rebels at every opportunity and throws a wrench into the perfect order Sirk chillingly captures through the precise, architectural design of his images. On one hand a '50s weepie and on the other a daring allegory, Imitation of Life is an unusual masterpiece. --Tom Keogh
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Douglas Sirk, John M. Stahl |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 30 April, 1959 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Mca Home Video |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Color, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Drama, Feature Film-drama, Gift Set, Movie |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 025192423321 |
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Customer Reviews of Imitation of Life (Two Movie Collection) 1934/1959
The remake is better than the original. Anyone can go back and forth with the two, pointing out the right pros and cons that would strengthen there argument. I'm no different. <
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>The first is the only one that's "racist." It portrays the African-American in all of the age old stereotypes: superstitious ("Take this rabbits foot witcha."); dumb ("All black people start out smart; we just get dumb as we get older" Yes. Her words, slightly paraphrased.); seeing blackness as a curse, (When the daughter is called "black" by Claudette's daughter Claudette asks her daughter, "Why would you say such a mean, cruel thing like that?); inarticulate ("She am an angel." Of course, her daughter sounds nothing like her mother.) <
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>I could go on and on, but if you haven't seen either, I don't want to ruin the touching and emotional scenes for you (which are only found in the second). However, I will say this: Hands down, the remake will make you cry like very few movies ever has. It does an awesome job of getting you to care about all of the cast. In the 1934 version, the African-American woman comes across as little more than an afterthought to the script. Very little screen time (as expected during the thirties), and the few lines she's given makes it extremely difficult to care about her. <
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>The remake was more than a remake; it was a sincere apology for the first. And I accept.
A CLASSIC THAT EVERYONE SHOULD SEE!
IMITATION OF LIFE, STARRING LANA TURNER AND THE WONDERFUL, JAUNITA MOORE, IS A FILM THAT TRANSENDS THE YEARS PASSING. A TRUE FILM ABOUT A SUBJECT MATTER THAT CALLS FOR A REAL CONVERSATION.
All Time Favorite
Imitation of Life has always been an all time favorite movie of mine. I love both versions of this movie. This particular bundle set is of tremendous value! The undelying symbolism is what attracted me to this movie years ago. Often we go through life looking at our "side of the story", rather than looking at the point of view of others. This movie shows how easy it is to get caught up with ourselves and over look the people close to us. But then, something happens to make us look at others and their lives. Then we realize how selfish we truly are, and have been. This is a movie that will make you think about your own life if you look closely.