{"id":91966,"date":"2023-09-24T12:55:58","date_gmt":"2023-09-24T19:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=91966"},"modified":"2023-09-25T08:19:54","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T15:19:54","slug":"blume-in-love-1973","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=91966","title":{"rendered":"Blume in Love (1973)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Who was I kidding? Being with one woman and constantly thinking of another was using.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Poster-196x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-91968\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Poster-196x300.png 196w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Poster-84x128.png 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Poster-177x270.png 177w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Poster.png 607w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAfter cheating on his wife (Susan Anspach), a divorce lawyer (George Segal) realizes what a huge mistake he&#8217;s made and tries everything to win her back, including befriending her new lover (Kris Kristofferson).\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>Divorce<\/li>\n<li>Flashback Films<\/li>\n<li>George Segal Films<\/li>\n<li>Infidelity<\/li>\n<li>Kris Kristofferson Films<\/li>\n<li>Love Triangle<\/li>\n<li>Marital Problems<\/li>\n<li>Marsha Mason Films<\/li>\n<li>Obsessive Love<\/li>\n<li>Paul Mazursky Films<\/li>\n<li>Shelley Winters Films<\/li>\n<li>Winning Him or Her Back<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nWriter-director Paul Mazursky&#8217;s third feature &#8212; after <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=30970\"><em>Bob &#038; Carol &#038; Ted &#038; Alice<\/em> (1969)<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2013\"><em>Alex in Wonderland<\/em> (1970)<\/a>, and just before <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=91931\"><em>Harry and Tonto<\/em> (1974)<\/a> &#8212; was this non-linear flashback film about a man who only realizes what he&#8217;s lost once he&#8217;s blown it. It&#8217;s hard to sympathize with Segal&#8217;s Stephen Blume given his egregious behavior (i.e., cheating with his secretary) near the beginning of the movie:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Cheating.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Cheating-1024x590.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"369\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-91974\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Cheating-1024x590.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Cheating-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Cheating-128x74.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Cheating-768x443.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Cheating-468x270.png 468w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Cheating.png 1254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; though it&#8217;s refreshing to see Anspach so instantly resolute about leaving him, and staying in control of her own life from then on. Indeed, the film&#8217;s entire focus is on Blume eating crow, which holds a certain type of morbid fascination for anyone who&#8217;s ever been deceived. Could this movie be considered a lengthy paean to the strength and tenacity of survivors? <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Anspach-Smiling.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Anspach-Smiling-1024x584.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"365\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-91982\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Anspach-Smiling-1024x584.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Anspach-Smiling-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Anspach-Smiling-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Anspach-Smiling-768x438.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Anspach-Smiling-473x270.png 473w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Anspach-Smiling.png 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Perhaps so &#8212; at least until a crucial sequence later in the film when our sensibilities are once again shattered, and we wonder how (or if) we can forgive the perpetrator in question. The culminating sequence (echoing the opening honeymoon flashback) is an impossibly romantic elegy, set in a Roman plaza while &#8220;Tristan and Isolde&#8221; is being performed, which gives a hint about Mazursky&#8217;s frame of mind with this entire story: he is looking for toeholds in the messiness of life and love. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Rome2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Rome2-1024x591.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"369\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-91977\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Rome2-1024x591.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Rome2-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Rome2-128x74.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Rome2-768x443.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Rome2-468x270.png 468w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Rome2.png 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The lead actors are both excellent, as are supporting players Kristofferson (playing laid-back Elmo): <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Elmo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Elmo-1024x580.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"363\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-91979\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Elmo-1024x580.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Elmo-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Elmo-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Elmo-768x435.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Elmo-477x270.png 477w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Elmo.png 1264w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; Marsha Mason as Segal&#8217;s understanding new lover: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Mason.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Mason-1024x571.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"357\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-91975\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Mason-1024x571.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Mason-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Mason-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Mason-768x428.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Mason-484x270.png 484w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Mason.png 1275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and Shelley Winters as one of Blume&#8217;s distraught clients. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Winters3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Winters3-1024x593.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"371\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-91983\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Winters3-1024x593.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Winters3-300x174.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Winters3-128x74.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Winters3-768x444.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Winters3-467x270.png 467w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Winters3.png 1251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>George Segal as Stephen Blume<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Segal2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Segal2-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-91969\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Segal2-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Segal2-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Segal2-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Segal2-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Segal2-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Segal2.png 1254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Susan Anspach as Nina<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Anspach.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Anspach-1024x581.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"363\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-91970\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Anspach-1024x581.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Anspach-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Anspach-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Anspach-768x436.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Anspach-476x270.png 476w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Anspach.png 1261w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Bruce Surtees&#8217; cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Still.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Still-1024x552.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"345\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-91972\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Still-1024x552.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Still-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Still-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Still-768x414.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Still-501x270.png 501w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Blume-in-Love-Still.png 1266w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s worth a look. Listed as a Cult Movie and a Personal Recommendation in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0069808\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s2219blum.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=8911&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Who was I kidding? Being with one woman and constantly thinking of another was using.&#8221; Synopsis: After cheating on his wife (Susan Anspach), a divorce lawyer (George Segal) realizes what a huge mistake he&#8217;s made and tries everything to win her back, including befriending her new lover (Kris Kristofferson). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Divorce Flashback Films George Segal Films Infidelity Kris Kristofferson Films Love Triangle Marital Problems Marsha Mason Films Obsessive Love Paul Mazursky Films Shelley Winters Films Winning&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=91966\"> 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-91966","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\/91966","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=91966"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92047,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91966\/revisions\/92047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=91966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=91966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=91966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}