{"id":73709,"date":"2021-07-09T22:41:42","date_gmt":"2021-07-10T05:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=73709"},"modified":"2021-07-19T14:33:31","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T21:33:31","slug":"golden-coach-the-1952","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=73709","title":{"rendered":"Golden Coach, The (1952)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;We&#8217;re here only for this treacherous gold; no one dreams of anything else.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Golden-Coach-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Golden-Coach-Poster-217x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-73710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Golden-Coach-Poster-217x300.png 217w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Golden-Coach-Poster-741x1024.png 741w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Golden-Coach-Poster-93x128.png 93w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Golden-Coach-Poster-768x1061.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Golden-Coach-Poster-196x270.png 196w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Golden-Coach-Poster.png 803w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nIn 18th century colonized Peru, an Italian actress (Anna Magnani) travelling through town with her troupe is wooed by a local bullfighter (Riccardo Rioli), the Viceroy (Duncan Lamont), and her own boyfriend (Paul Campbell), who has run off to join the army.\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>Actors and Actresses<\/li>\n<li>Cross-Class Romance<\/li>\n<li>Historical Drama<\/li>\n<li>Jean Renoir Films<\/li>\n<li>Love Triangle<\/li>\n<li>Royalty and Nobility<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThe first of Jean Renoir&#8217;s so-called &#8220;trilogy of spectacle&#8221; was this colorful comedic fable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.criterion.com\/current\/posts\/1055-jean-renoirs-trilogy-of-spectacle\">described by Jonathan Rosenbaum<\/a> as &#8220;a film in English set in a Spanish colony of Peru &#8230; inspired by Antonio Vivaldi\u2019s music and shot in an Italian studio by a French director.&#8221; It&#8217;s primarily a star vehicle for Magnani, whose presence adds spark and interest to each scene she&#8217;s in: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Golden-Coach-Magnani.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Golden-Coach-Magnani-1024x780.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"488\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-73716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Golden-Coach-Magnani-1024x780.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Golden-Coach-Magnani-300x229.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Golden-Coach-Magnani-128x98.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Golden-Coach-Magnani-768x585.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Golden-Coach-Magnani-354x270.png 354w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Golden-Coach-Magnani.png 1211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, it&#8217;s also an opportunity for Renoir to once again skewer the aristocracy: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Golden-Coach-Nobility2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Golden-Coach-Nobility2-1024x780.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"488\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-73720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Golden-Coach-Nobility2-1024x780.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Golden-Coach-Nobility2-300x228.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Golden-Coach-Nobility2-128x97.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Golden-Coach-Nobility2-768x585.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Golden-Coach-Nobility2-355x270.png 355w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Golden-Coach-Nobility2.png 1215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; while having fun with color, set pieces, life-versus-art, and romantic entanglements; as noted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.criterion.com\/current\/posts\/673-the-golden-coach\">Andrew Sarris<\/a> in his essay for Criterion, it &#8220;can best be appreciated as an illustrious filmmaker\u2019s elegant tribute to the theater.&#8221; It&#8217;s not must-see for all film fanatics, though Renoir or Magnani fans will certainly want to check it out. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Anna Magnani as Camilla<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Golden-Coach-Magnani2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Golden-Coach-Magnani2-1024x783.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"489\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-73714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Golden-Coach-Magnani2-1024x783.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Golden-Coach-Magnani2-300x229.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Golden-Coach-Magnani2-128x98.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Golden-Coach-Magnani2-768x587.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Golden-Coach-Magnani2-353x270.png 353w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Golden-Coach-Magnani2.png 1213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Colorful cinematography, costumes, and sets<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Golden-Coach-Coach.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Golden-Coach-Coach-1024x773.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"483\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-73713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Golden-Coach-Coach-1024x773.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Golden-Coach-Coach-300x227.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Golden-Coach-Coach-128x97.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Golden-Coach-Coach-768x580.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Golden-Coach-Coach-358x270.png 358w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Golden-Coach-Coach.png 1209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Golden-Coach-Costumes2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Golden-Coach-Costumes2-1024x780.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"488\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-73715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Golden-Coach-Costumes2-1024x780.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Golden-Coach-Costumes2-300x229.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Golden-Coach-Costumes2-128x98.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Golden-Coach-Costumes2-768x585.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Golden-Coach-Costumes2-354x270.png 354w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Golden-Coach-Costumes2.png 1201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>A fine Vivaldi-filled score<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s worth a one-time look. <\/p>\n<p> (<span style=\"color:red;font-weight:bold;\">Listed in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?page_id=1458\"><em>1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die<\/em><\/a><\/span>) <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0044487\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.criterion.com\/current\/posts\/673-the-golden-coach\">Criterion Essay (Andrew Sarris)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/76629\/the-golden-coach#articles-reviews?articleId=80565\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re here only for this treacherous gold; no one dreams of anything else.&#8221; Synopsis: In 18th century colonized Peru, an Italian actress (Anna Magnani) travelling through town with her troupe is wooed by a local bullfighter (Riccardo Rioli), the Viceroy (Duncan Lamont), and her own boyfriend (Paul Campbell), who has run off to join the army. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Actors and Actresses Cross-Class Romance Historical Drama Jean Renoir Films Love Triangle Royalty and Nobility Review: The first of&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=73709\"> 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-73709","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\/73709","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=73709"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74140,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73709\/revisions\/74140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}