{"id":5813,"date":"2008-07-31T10:36:52","date_gmt":"2008-07-31T17:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5813"},"modified":"2022-01-07T19:42:55","modified_gmt":"2022-01-08T02:42:55","slug":"bizarre-bizarre-1937","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5813","title":{"rendered":"Bizarre, Bizarre (1937)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I said &#8216;strange&#8217;? How strange!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/Bizarre-Bizarre-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/Bizarre-Bizarre-Poster-198x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-53651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/Bizarre-Bizarre-Poster-198x300.png 198w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/Bizarre-Bizarre-Poster-677x1024.png 677w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/Bizarre-Bizarre-Poster-85x128.png 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/Bizarre-Bizarre-Poster-178x270.png 178w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/Bizarre-Bizarre-Poster.png 741w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA botanist (Michel Simon) with a secret identity as famed crime novelist &#8220;Felix Chapel&#8221; goes undercover with his class-conscious wife (Francoise Rosay) when his sanctimonious cousin, Bishop Soper (Louis Jouvet), accuses him of spousal homicide; meanwhile, a serial killer (Jean-Louis Barrault) vows to murder Chapel in revenge for provoking his baser nature.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Black Comedy<\/li>\n<li>French Films<\/li>\n<li>Mistaken or Hidden Identities<\/li>\n<li>Murder Mystery<\/li>\n<li>Writers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nDirector <a href=\"http:\/\/www.answers.com\/marcel%20carne\">Marcel Carne<\/a> &#8212; best-known for his luminous wartime epic <em>Les Enfants du Paradis<\/em> (1945) &#8212; made more than 20 films in his lifetime, yet only a few (such as <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=79693\"><em>Le Jour se Leve<\/em><\/a> and <em>Le Quai de Brumes<\/em>, not listed in GFTFF) are well-known to American audiences. Carne&#8217;s <em>Bizarre, Bizarre<\/em> (literally &#8220;Strange, Strange&#8221;) is an elaborate farce premised upon mistaken identities, calculated murder, and a generous skewering of class relations; it won&#8217;t appeal to all tastes, but its cast of esteemed French actors are all in prime comedic form, with hangdog-actor Michel Simon well-cast in the lead (double) role, and Jean-Louis Barrault (star of <em>Les Enfants<\/em>&#8230;) having fun with a radically different persona. Also known as <em>Drole de Drame, ou L&#8217;etrange Aventure de Docteur Molyneux<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Michel Simon as Molyneux, a.k.a. &#8220;Felix Chapel&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/bizarre-simon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/bizarre-simon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"344\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5815\" \/><\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Louis Jouvet as Molyneux&#8217;s self-righteous cousin, Bishop Soper<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/Bizarre-Bizarre-Jouvet.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/Bizarre-Bizarre-Jouvet-1024x622.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"389\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-53655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/Bizarre-Bizarre-Jouvet-1024x622.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/Bizarre-Bizarre-Jouvet-300x182.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/Bizarre-Bizarre-Jouvet-128x78.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/Bizarre-Bizarre-Jouvet-768x466.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/Bizarre-Bizarre-Jouvet-1536x933.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/Bizarre-Bizarre-Jouvet-445x270.png 445w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/Bizarre-Bizarre-Jouvet.png 1691w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Jean-Louis Barrault as William Kramps, the &#8220;butcher murderer&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/Bizarre-Bizarre-Barrault.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/Bizarre-Bizarre-Barrault-1024x606.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"379\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-53654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/Bizarre-Bizarre-Barrault-1024x606.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/Bizarre-Bizarre-Barrault-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/Bizarre-Bizarre-Barrault-128x76.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/Bizarre-Bizarre-Barrault-768x455.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/Bizarre-Bizarre-Barrault-1536x909.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/Bizarre-Bizarre-Barrault-456x270.png 456w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/Bizarre-Bizarre-Barrault.png 1711w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Several truly &#8220;bizarre&#8221; images and sequences<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/Bizarre-Bizarre-Milk.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/Bizarre-Bizarre-Milk-1024x603.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"377\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-53656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/Bizarre-Bizarre-Milk-1024x603.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/Bizarre-Bizarre-Milk-300x177.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/Bizarre-Bizarre-Milk-128x75.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/Bizarre-Bizarre-Milk-768x452.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/Bizarre-Bizarre-Milk-1536x905.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/Bizarre-Bizarre-Milk-458x270.png 458w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/Bizarre-Bizarre-Milk.png 1727w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s recommended.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0027552\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/movies.nytimes.com\/movie\/review?_r=1&#038;res=990CE5D7113CF933A05755C0A963958260&#038;oref=slogin\">NY Times Retrospective Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I said &#8216;strange&#8217;? How strange!&#8221; Synopsis: A botanist (Michel Simon) with a secret identity as famed crime novelist &#8220;Felix Chapel&#8221; goes undercover with his class-conscious wife (Francoise Rosay) when his sanctimonious cousin, Bishop Soper (Louis Jouvet), accuses him of spousal homicide; meanwhile, a serial killer (Jean-Louis Barrault) vows to murder Chapel in revenge for provoking his baser nature. Genres: Black Comedy French Films Mistaken or Hidden Identities Murder Mystery Writers Review: Director Marcel Carne &#8212; best-known for his luminous wartime&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5813\"> 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-5813","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\/5813","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=5813"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79948,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5813\/revisions\/79948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}