{"id":79835,"date":"2022-01-04T00:27:13","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T07:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=79835"},"modified":"2022-01-04T00:31:32","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T07:31:32","slug":"for-whom-the-bell-tolls-1943","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=79835","title":{"rendered":"For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;A man fights for what he believes in.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/For-Whom-the-Bell-Tolls-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/For-Whom-the-Bell-Tolls-Poster-198x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-79837\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/For-Whom-the-Bell-Tolls-Poster-198x300.png 198w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/For-Whom-the-Bell-Tolls-Poster-677x1024.png 677w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/For-Whom-the-Bell-Tolls-Poster-85x128.png 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/For-Whom-the-Bell-Tolls-Poster-179x270.png 179w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/For-Whom-the-Bell-Tolls-Poster.png 731w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAn American (Gary Cooper) fighting in Spain on behalf of the Republicans falls in love with a beautiful refugee (Ingrid Bergman) living with a group of gypsy fighters in the mountains &#8212; including violent Pablo (Akim Tamiroff), his &#8220;woman&#8221; Pilar (Katina Paxinou), and an aging guide (Vladimir Sokoloff).\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>Akim Tamiroff Films<\/li>\n<li>Gary Cooper Films<\/li>\n<li>Ingrid Bergman Films<\/li>\n<li>Sam Wood Films<\/li>\n<li>Spanish Civil War<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThis big-budget, nearly three-hour Technicolor adaptation of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/For_Whom_the_Bell_Tolls\">Ernest Hemingway&#8217;s bestselling novel about the Spanish Civil War<\/a> was highly regarded by both audiences (who made it the second highest grossing film of the year) and critics (it received nine Academy Award nominations, winning one for Paxinou as Best Supporting Actress). Unfortunately, it hasn&#8217;t dated well at all, and comes across today as a beautifully filmed but overlong, drawn-out melodrama with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0035896\/trivia?item=tr4305581\">far too much pancake makeup used<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/For-Whom-the-Bell-Tolls-Tamiroff-Paxinou.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/For-Whom-the-Bell-Tolls-Tamiroff-Paxinou-1024x749.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"468\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-79840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/For-Whom-the-Bell-Tolls-Tamiroff-Paxinou-1024x749.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/For-Whom-the-Bell-Tolls-Tamiroff-Paxinou-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/For-Whom-the-Bell-Tolls-Tamiroff-Paxinou-128x94.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/For-Whom-the-Bell-Tolls-Tamiroff-Paxinou-768x561.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/For-Whom-the-Bell-Tolls-Tamiroff-Paxinou-369x270.png 369w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/For-Whom-the-Bell-Tolls-Tamiroff-Paxinou.png 1257w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The screenplay is apparently quite faithful to Hemingway&#8217;s novel, which audiences of the day were much more familiar with than viewers now would be; to that end, in his mostly rave review, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1943\/07\/15\/archives\/the-screen-in-review-for-whom-the-bell-tolls-a-drama-from-the.html\">Bosley Crowther of the <em>New York Times<\/em><\/a> noted:  <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;As often is the case with pictures which are based upon popular works, a thorough comprehension of this one may depend on whether one has read the book&#8230; The cosmic symbolism of [the leads&#8217;] regenerative love, set against a background of violence and the impending prospect of death, will barely be comprehensible only to those who have read the book.&#8221; <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Exactly. Watching Cooper and Bergman fall instantly in love with one another here feels simply like inevitable Hollywood fare, given we don&#8217;t have much (if any) background understanding of their characters: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/For-Whom-the-Bell-Tolls-Couple.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/For-Whom-the-Bell-Tolls-Couple-1024x761.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"476\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-79841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/For-Whom-the-Bell-Tolls-Couple-1024x761.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/For-Whom-the-Bell-Tolls-Couple-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/For-Whom-the-Bell-Tolls-Couple-128x95.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/For-Whom-the-Bell-Tolls-Couple-768x570.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/For-Whom-the-Bell-Tolls-Couple-364x270.png 364w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/For-Whom-the-Bell-Tolls-Couple.png 1267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Anyone hoping to actually learn about the Spanish Civil War will be sorely disappointed, as it&#8217;s not even mentioned as such. We know there are Rebels (who must be good, given the famous actors playing them) fighting against Bad Guys, but that&#8217;s the extent of the nuance &#8212; other than a throughline focusing on the nefarious tactics of Tamiroff&#8217;s Pablo, who is shown in flashback overseeing brutal acts of violence:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/For-Whom-Violence2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/For-Whom-Violence2-1024x751.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"469\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-79858\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/For-Whom-Violence2-1024x751.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/For-Whom-Violence2-300x220.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/For-Whom-Violence2-128x94.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/For-Whom-Violence2-768x563.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/For-Whom-Violence2-368x270.png 368w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/For-Whom-Violence2.png 1273w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and whose loyalties we&#8217;re constantly made to question. Meanwhile, the Hemingway-ian dialogue in Dudley Nichols&#8217; screenplay is often either laughable and\/or offensive &#8212; as when the much-darker-skinned Paxinou rambles the following to Bergman:  <\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Paxinou:<\/strong>  Life is very curious. I would have made a good man. But, I&#8217;m all woman &#8211; and all ugly&#8230; Yet one can have a feeling *here* that blinds a man while he loves you. He thinks you are beautiful. And one day for no reason at all he sees you ugly, as you really are. And he is not blind anymore. Then you see yourself as ugly as he sees you &#8211; and you lose your man and your feeling. Then one day the feeling, that idiotic feeling that you are beautiful, grows inside you again, and another man sees you and thinks you are beautiful, and it&#8217;s all to do over again.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/For-Whom-Skin-Colors.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/For-Whom-Skin-Colors-1024x747.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"467\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-79849\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/For-Whom-Skin-Colors-1024x747.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/For-Whom-Skin-Colors-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/For-Whom-Skin-Colors-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/For-Whom-Skin-Colors-768x560.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/For-Whom-Skin-Colors-370x270.png 370w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/For-Whom-Skin-Colors.png 1279w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Poor Bergman herself, however, is given some of the worst clunkers: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I do not know how to kiss or I would kiss you. Where do the noses go? Always I wonder where the noses will go.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I love you, Roberto. Always remember: I love you as I loved my father and mother, as I love our unborn children, as I love what I love most in the world, and I love you more. Always remember.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ll never go away from you. I loved you when I first saw you. I&#8217;ve always loved you, but I never saw you before.&#8221;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8230; at least until the final sequence between Bergman and Cooper, when Cooper takes back the prize &#8212; but I won&#8217;t spoil anything. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ray Rennahan&#8217;s atmospheric cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/For-Whom-the-Bell-Tolls-Cinematography2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/For-Whom-the-Bell-Tolls-Cinematography2-1024x745.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"466\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-79856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/For-Whom-the-Bell-Tolls-Cinematography2-1024x745.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/For-Whom-the-Bell-Tolls-Cinematography2-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/For-Whom-the-Bell-Tolls-Cinematography2-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/For-Whom-the-Bell-Tolls-Cinematography2-768x559.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/For-Whom-the-Bell-Tolls-Cinematography2-371x270.png 371w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/For-Whom-the-Bell-Tolls-Cinematography2.png 1269w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/For-Whom-the-Bell-Tolls-Bergman-Tears.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/For-Whom-the-Bell-Tolls-Bergman-Tears-1024x737.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"461\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-79847\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/For-Whom-the-Bell-Tolls-Bergman-Tears-1024x737.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/For-Whom-the-Bell-Tolls-Bergman-Tears-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/For-Whom-the-Bell-Tolls-Bergman-Tears-128x92.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/For-Whom-the-Bell-Tolls-Bergman-Tears-768x553.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/For-Whom-the-Bell-Tolls-Bergman-Tears-375x270.png 375w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/For-Whom-the-Bell-Tolls-Bergman-Tears.png 1271w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNope; you can skip this one unless you happen to be a diehard fan of Hemingway, Bergman, or Cooper. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0035896\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s4870bell.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/for-whom-the-bell-tolls\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1943\/07\/15\/archives\/the-screen-in-review-for-whom-the-bell-tolls-a-drama-from-the.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/75353\/for-whom-the-bell-tolls#articles-reviews?articleId=88146\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;A man fights for what he believes in.&#8221; Synopsis: An American (Gary Cooper) fighting in Spain on behalf of the Republicans falls in love with a beautiful refugee (Ingrid Bergman) living with a group of gypsy fighters in the mountains &#8212; including violent Pablo (Akim Tamiroff), his &#8220;woman&#8221; Pilar (Katina Paxinou), and an aging guide (Vladimir Sokoloff). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Akim Tamiroff Films Gary Cooper Films Ingrid Bergman Films Sam Wood Films Spanish Civil War Review: This big-budget,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=79835\"> 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-79835","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\/79835","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=79835"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79865,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79835\/revisions\/79865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=79835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=79835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=79835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}