{"id":76802,"date":"2021-10-05T13:51:17","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T20:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=76802"},"modified":"2023-02-04T00:18:21","modified_gmt":"2023-02-04T07:18:21","slug":"man-and-a-woman-a-1966","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=76802","title":{"rendered":"Man and a Woman, A (1966)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;It&#8217;s crazy to refuse happiness.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/A-Man-and-a-Woman-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/A-Man-and-a-Woman-Poster-224x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-76803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/A-Man-and-a-Woman-Poster-224x300.png 224w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/A-Man-and-a-Woman-Poster-765x1024.png 765w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/A-Man-and-a-Woman-Poster-96x128.png 96w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/A-Man-and-a-Woman-Poster-768x1028.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/A-Man-and-a-Woman-Poster-202x270.png 202w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/A-Man-and-a-Woman-Poster.png 827w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA widowed script-girl (Anouk Aimee) meets a widowed race-car driver (Jean-Louis Trintignant) while they are each picking up their child at a boarding school, and the pair fall in love &#8212; but Aimee finds that persistent memories of her beloved dead husband (Pierre Barouh) get in the way of their would-be romance.\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>Anouk Aimee Films<\/li>\n<li>Car Racing<\/li>\n<li>Flashback Films<\/li>\n<li>French Films<\/li>\n<li>Romance<\/li>\n<li>Widows and Widowers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary asserts that Claude Lelouch&#8217;s &#8220;enormous commercial hit and Oscar&#8217;s Best Foreign Film winner&#8221; is such a &#8220;pretentious, shameless romance&#8221; it &#8220;makes even simple <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=46320\"><em>Love Story<\/em><\/a> seem complex.&#8221; He argues that while Aimee and Trintignant would &#8220;probably get together in about four seconds,&#8221; &#8220;Lelouch gets in their way,&#8221; forcing them to &#8220;flash back to skimpy, wordless scenes featuring their wonderful first spouses.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Man-and-a-Woman-First-Spouse.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Man-and-a-Woman-First-Spouse-1024x610.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-76812\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Man-and-a-Woman-First-Spouse-1024x610.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Man-and-a-Woman-First-Spouse-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Man-and-a-Woman-First-Spouse-128x76.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Man-and-a-Woman-First-Spouse-768x458.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Man-and-a-Woman-First-Spouse-1536x915.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Man-and-a-Woman-First-Spouse-453x270.png 453w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Man-and-a-Woman-First-Spouse.png 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He adds that while &#8220;Trintignant is a decent actor and Aimee gives a fine, <em>natural<\/em> performance&#8221;: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Man-and-a-Woman-Aimee.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Man-and-a-Woman-Aimee-1024x615.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-76808\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Man-and-a-Woman-Aimee-1024x615.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Man-and-a-Woman-Aimee-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Man-and-a-Woman-Aimee-128x77.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Man-and-a-Woman-Aimee-768x462.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Man-and-a-Woman-Aimee-1536x923.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Man-and-a-Woman-Aimee-449x270.png 449w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Man-and-a-Woman-Aimee.png 1709w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>&#8230; &#8220;the empty script allows them nothing to do, not even the opportunity for the characters to express their feelings&#8221; &#8212; though &#8220;Lelouch tries to express characters&#8217; moods through his dreamy photography and romantic settings.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Man-and-a-Woman-Boat.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Man-and-a-Woman-Boat-1024x611.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"382\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-76806\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Man-and-a-Woman-Boat-1024x611.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Man-and-a-Woman-Boat-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Man-and-a-Woman-Boat-128x76.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Man-and-a-Woman-Boat-768x458.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Man-and-a-Woman-Boat-1536x917.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Man-and-a-Woman-Boat-452x270.png 452w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Man-and-a-Woman-Boat.png 1711w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Peary also asks, &#8220;Can anyone explain why Lelouch cuts back and forth between color and black-and-white footage,&#8221; given that it &#8220;has nothing to do with past and present?&#8221; However, this has since been answered by Lelouch himself; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdsavant.com\/s773man.html\">as DVD Savant clarifies<\/a>, &#8220;Money was the issue when it came time to choose color or black and white &#8211; Lelouch needed the color for commercial export purposes, but saved lots of cash by shooting his interiors in b&#038;w.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll admit to feeling the same way as Peary about this overly slick and shallow audience-pleaser, which is needlessly drawn out through extensive flashbacks, and features far too many shots of characters through rainy windshields. In addition, &#8220;the sickeningly sweet saccharine romance score by Frances Lai&#8221; &#8212; which was &#8220;quite popular in 1966&#8221; &#8212; is guaranteed to become an earbug and never leave your consciousness (that is, if you&#8217;ve somehow managed to escape it until now). With that said, it&#8217;s all beautifully photographed and sensitively performed by Aimee and Trintignant: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Man-and-a-Woman-Trintignant.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Man-and-a-Woman-Trintignant-1024x621.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"388\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-76809\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Man-and-a-Woman-Trintignant-1024x621.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Man-and-a-Woman-Trintignant-300x182.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Man-and-a-Woman-Trintignant-128x78.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Man-and-a-Woman-Trintignant-768x466.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Man-and-a-Woman-Trintignant-1536x932.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Man-and-a-Woman-Trintignant-445x270.png 445w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Man-and-a-Woman-Trintignant.png 1703w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; so it&#8217;s easy to see how American audiences at the time would fall for it. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fine cinematography and location shooting<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Man-and-a-Woman-Location.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Man-and-a-Woman-Location-1024x625.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"391\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-76807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Man-and-a-Woman-Location-1024x625.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Man-and-a-Woman-Location-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Man-and-a-Woman-Location-128x78.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Man-and-a-Woman-Location-768x468.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Man-and-a-Woman-Location-1536x937.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Man-and-a-Woman-Location-443x270.png 443w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Man-and-a-Woman-Location.png 1677w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though you may be curious to check it out once (but consider yourself forewarned). <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0061138\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdsavant.com\/s773man.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/82535\/a-man-and-a-woman#articles-reviews?articleId=485017\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s crazy to refuse happiness.&#8221; Synopsis: A widowed script-girl (Anouk Aimee) meets a widowed race-car driver (Jean-Louis Trintignant) while they are each picking up their child at a boarding school, and the pair fall in love &#8212; but Aimee finds that persistent memories of her beloved dead husband (Pierre Barouh) get in the way of their would-be romance. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Anouk Aimee Films Car Racing Flashback Films French Films Romance Widows and Widowers Response to Peary\u2019s Review:&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=76802\"> 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":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76802","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=76802"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89720,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76802\/revisions\/89720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}