{"id":2889,"date":"2007-04-25T12:00:50","date_gmt":"2007-04-25T19:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2889"},"modified":"2020-12-10T17:18:24","modified_gmt":"2020-12-11T00:18:24","slug":"king-of-hearts-1966","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2889","title":{"rendered":"King of Hearts (1966)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;All life is a spectacle &#8212; you&#8217;re on a stage.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/King-of-Hearts-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/King-of-Hearts-Poster-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-30827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/King-of-Hearts-Poster-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/King-of-Hearts-Poster-83x128.jpg 83w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/King-of-Hearts-Poster.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nDuring the final days of World War I, a meek private named Charles Plumpick (Alan Bates) is sent to a French village to find and dismantle a bomb. Once there, he discovers that most of the citizens have fled, and that harmless insane asylum inmates are roaming the town. They crown Plumpick their &#8220;King of Hearts&#8221;, and he falls in love with the sweet inmate &#8220;Coquelicot&#8221; (Genevieve Bujold).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alan Bates Films<\/li>\n<li>French Films<\/li>\n<li>Genevieve Bujold Films<\/li>\n<li>Mental Illness<\/li>\n<li>Race Against Time<\/li>\n<li>Romance<\/li>\n<li>World War I<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nI agree with Peary that this &#8220;phenomenally popular&#8221; cult film of the &#8220;late sixties and early seventies&#8221; now comes across as &#8220;terribly dated&#8221; and thematically &#8220;trite&#8221;. As Peary notes, countless other films have shown us that &#8220;those people on the outside of jails and asylums are the ones who should be institutionalized, [and] that war is bad&#8221; &#8212; these aren&#8217;t particularly unique insights. <em>King of Hearts<\/em> is primarily worth watching today for its status as a 1960s anti-war film which appealed to those &#8220;seduced by all films that defended nonconformity and opposed war.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Genevieve Bujold as &#8220;Coquelicot&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/King-of-Hearts-Bujold.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/King-of-Hearts-Bujold-1024x468.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"293\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-56882\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/King-of-Hearts-Bujold-1024x468.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/King-of-Hearts-Bujold-300x137.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/King-of-Hearts-Bujold-128x59.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/King-of-Hearts-Bujold-768x351.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/King-of-Hearts-Bujold-1536x703.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/King-of-Hearts-Bujold-590x270.png 590w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/King-of-Hearts-Bujold.png 1939w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Pierre Lhomme&#8217;s colorful cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/King-of-Hearts-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/King-of-Hearts-Cinematography-1024x470.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"294\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-56883\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/King-of-Hearts-Cinematography-1024x470.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/King-of-Hearts-Cinematography-300x138.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/King-of-Hearts-Cinematography-128x59.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/King-of-Hearts-Cinematography-768x353.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/King-of-Hearts-Cinematography-1536x705.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/King-of-Hearts-Cinematography-588x270.png 588w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/King-of-Hearts-Cinematography.png 1853w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s worth a look for its status as an erstwhile cult favorite. Discussed at length in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?page_id=5986\">Peary&#8217;s <em>Cult Movies<\/em> (1981)<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0060908\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/film\/78731.html\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;All life is a spectacle &#8212; you&#8217;re on a stage.&#8221; Synopsis: During the final days of World War I, a meek private named Charles Plumpick (Alan Bates) is sent to a French village to find and dismantle a bomb. Once there, he discovers that most of the citizens have fled, and that harmless insane asylum inmates are roaming the town. They crown Plumpick their &#8220;King of Hearts&#8221;, and he falls in love with the sweet inmate &#8220;Coquelicot&#8221; (Genevieve Bujold). 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