{"id":10716,"date":"2010-05-14T11:10:29","date_gmt":"2010-05-14T18:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=10716"},"modified":"2020-12-08T15:28:33","modified_gmt":"2020-12-08T22:28:33","slug":"beyond-the-forest-1949","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=10716","title":{"rendered":"Beyond the Forest (1949)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;If I don&#8217;t get out of here, I&#8217;ll die. If I don&#8217;t get out of here, I HOPE I&#8217;ll die&#8230; or burn!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Beyond-the-Forest-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Beyond-the-Forest-Poster-157x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"157\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-56534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Beyond-the-Forest-Poster-157x300.png 157w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Beyond-the-Forest-Poster-535x1024.png 535w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Beyond-the-Forest-Poster-67x128.png 67w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Beyond-the-Forest-Poster-141x270.png 141w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Beyond-the-Forest-Poster.png 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 157px) 100vw, 157px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe socially ambitious wife (Bette Davis) of a country doctor (Joseph Cotten) longs to escape to Chicago to be with her wealthy lover (David Brian).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bette Davis Films<\/li>\n<li>David Brian Films<\/li>\n<li>Housewives<\/li>\n<li>Joseph Cotten Films<\/li>\n<li>King Vidor Films<\/li>\n<li>Marital Problems<\/li>\n<li>Ruth Roman Films<\/li>\n<li>Social Climbers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nLabeled by one reviewer as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/beyond-the-forest\">&#8220;King Vidor&#8217;s most demented film from his most frenzied period&#8221;<\/a>, this steamy backwoods melodrama &#8212; starring a too-old Bette Davis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/beyond-the-forest\">&#8220;done up for all the world like Jennifer Jones&#8221;<\/a>, in black wig and red lipstick &#8212; has achieved near camp-classic status in recent years. Davis&#8217;s personal scorn for this film &#8212; her last while under contract for Warner Brothers &#8212; serves her character well, as her &#8220;Rosa Moline&#8221; desperately claws at every opportunity to leave her staid life and boringly decent husband behind her. Oddly enough, we can&#8217;t help feeling sorry for this pathetically unhappy creature, who&#8217;d be the ultimate <em>femme fatale<\/em>, if only she weren&#8217;t screwing up her own life rather than her man&#8217;s. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> <em>Beyond the Forest<\/em> is best known by many these days for featuring the now-classic line, &#8220;What a dump&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/connect.afi.com\/site\/DocServer\/quotes100.pdf?docID=242\">listed as number 62 on AFI&#8217;s 100 Greatest Movie Quotes<\/a>). <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An overall campy sensibility<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Beyond-the-Forest-Davis2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Beyond-the-Forest-Davis2-1024x621.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"388\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-56538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Beyond-the-Forest-Davis2-1024x621.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Beyond-the-Forest-Davis2-300x182.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Beyond-the-Forest-Davis2-128x78.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Beyond-the-Forest-Davis2-768x466.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Beyond-the-Forest-Davis2-1536x931.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Beyond-the-Forest-Davis2-445x270.png 445w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Beyond-the-Forest-Davis2.png 1681w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but Davis fans will certainly want to check it out. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0041172\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1949\/10\/22\/archives\/the-screen-in-review-beyond-the-forest-with-bette-davis-and-joseph.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmsite.org\/beyo.html\">Greatest Films Review (spoiler alerts)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=4426&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/beyond-the-forest\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;If I don&#8217;t get out of here, I&#8217;ll die. If I don&#8217;t get out of here, I HOPE I&#8217;ll die&#8230; or burn!&#8221; Synopsis: The socially ambitious wife (Bette Davis) of a country doctor (Joseph Cotten) longs to escape to Chicago to be with her wealthy lover (David Brian). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Bette Davis Films David Brian Films Housewives Joseph Cotten Films King Vidor Films Marital Problems Ruth Roman Films Social Climbers Review: Labeled by one reviewer as &#8220;King&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=10716\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10716"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56539,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10716\/revisions\/56539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}