{"id":82366,"date":"2022-03-22T08:46:16","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T15:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=82366"},"modified":"2022-03-22T12:41:49","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T19:41:49","slug":"liaisons-dangereuses-les-1959","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=82366","title":{"rendered":"Liaisons Dangereuses, Les (1959)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Which of us molded the other?&#8221;<\/strong> <\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Liaisons-Dangereuses-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Liaisons-Dangereuses-Poster-225x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-82367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Liaisons-Dangereuses-Poster-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Liaisons-Dangereuses-Poster-96x128.png 96w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Liaisons-Dangereuses-Poster-202x270.png 202w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Liaisons-Dangereuses-Poster.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA French couple &#8212; Valmont (G\u00e9rard Philipe) and Juliette (Jeanne Moreau) &#8212; whose marriage revolves around seducing and then abandoning new &#8220;conquests&#8221; find their happiness compromised when Valmont beds a virginal teenager (Jeanne Val\u00e9rie) whose fiance (Jean-Louis Trintignant) has been waiting patiently for her while pursuing his studies, then falls in love with a married woman (Annette Vadim) who sparks new feelings within him.\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>French Films<\/li>\n<li>Infidelity<\/li>\n<li>Jeanne Moreau Films<\/li>\n<li>Love Triangle<\/li>\n<li>Roger Vadim Films<\/li>\n<li>Sexuality<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nRoger Vadim&#8217;s adaptation of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Les_Liaisons_dangereuses\">Pierre Choderlos de Laclos&#8217; 1782 novel<\/a> is an interesting entry in the cinematic annals of this scandalous story&#8217;s numerous iterations. Featuring a rich, jazzy soundtrack by Thelonius Monk, and upscale settings in snowy retreats:  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Liaisons-Dangereuses-Snowy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Liaisons-Dangereuses-Snowy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"576\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Liaisons-Dangereuses-Snowy.png 960w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Liaisons-Dangereuses-Snowy-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Liaisons-Dangereuses-Snowy-128x77.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Liaisons-Dangereuses-Snowy-768x461.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Liaisons-Dangereuses-Snowy-450x270.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; the action and settings have clearly been modernized, but the basic tenet of sociopaths using others for their own pleasure is as relevant as ever. Moreau and Philipe &#8212; in his final performance before dying at age 36 from liver cancer &#8212; are well cast in the lead roles as the master manipulators (here a married couple rather than friends, as in the novel) whose own sexual gratification revolves around their exploitation of others:  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Liaisons-Dangereuses-Moreau-Philipe.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Liaisons-Dangereuses-Moreau-Philipe.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"576\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Liaisons-Dangereuses-Moreau-Philipe.png 960w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Liaisons-Dangereuses-Moreau-Philipe-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Liaisons-Dangereuses-Moreau-Philipe-128x77.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Liaisons-Dangereuses-Moreau-Philipe-768x461.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Liaisons-Dangereuses-Moreau-Philipe-450x270.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Vadim&#8217;s real-life wife Annette is appropriately tragic as Philipe&#8217;s most complex conquest: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Liaisons-Dangereuses-Vadim.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Liaisons-Dangereuses-Vadim.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"576\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Liaisons-Dangereuses-Vadim.png 960w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Liaisons-Dangereuses-Vadim-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Liaisons-Dangereuses-Vadim-128x77.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Liaisons-Dangereuses-Vadim-768x461.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Liaisons-Dangereuses-Vadim-450x270.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and Val\u00e9rie and Trintignant are believable as a naive young couple whose lives are also changed forever by their involvement with Valmont and Juliette: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Liaisons-Dangereuses-Trintignant.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Liaisons-Dangereuses-Trintignant.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"576\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Liaisons-Dangereuses-Trintignant.png 960w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Liaisons-Dangereuses-Trintignant-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Liaisons-Dangereuses-Trintignant-128x77.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Liaisons-Dangereuses-Trintignant-768x461.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Liaisons-Dangereuses-Trintignant-450x270.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fans of this harsh classic tale will want to check this version out &#8212; but\/and should be prepared for a startling update to the story&#8217;s original ending. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Marcel Grignon&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Liaisons-Dangereuses-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Liaisons-Dangereuses-Cinematography.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"576\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Liaisons-Dangereuses-Cinematography.png 960w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Liaisons-Dangereuses-Cinematography-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Liaisons-Dangereuses-Cinematography-128x77.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Liaisons-Dangereuses-Cinematography-768x461.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Liaisons-Dangereuses-Cinematography-450x270.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Thelonius Monk&#8217;s score<\/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=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0053002\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-srv\/style\/longterm\/movies\/videos\/lesliaisonsdangereusesnrhowe_a0b234.htm\">Washington Post Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Which of us molded the other?&#8221; Synopsis: A French couple &#8212; Valmont (G\u00e9rard Philipe) and Juliette (Jeanne Moreau) &#8212; whose marriage revolves around seducing and then abandoning new &#8220;conquests&#8221; find their happiness compromised when Valmont beds a virginal teenager (Jeanne Val\u00e9rie) whose fiance (Jean-Louis Trintignant) has been waiting patiently for her while pursuing his studies, then falls in love with a married woman (Annette Vadim) who sparks new feelings within him. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: French Films Infidelity Jeanne&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=82366\"> 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-82366","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\/82366","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=82366"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82389,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82366\/revisions\/82389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}