{"id":97152,"date":"2024-05-27T23:45:47","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T06:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=97152"},"modified":"2024-05-28T08:24:00","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T15:24:00","slug":"immortal-story-the-1968","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=97152","title":{"rendered":"Immortal Story, The (1968)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I don&#8217;t like prophecies.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Immortal-Story-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Immortal-Story-Poster-213x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-97153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Immortal-Story-Poster-213x300.png 213w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Immortal-Story-Poster-91x128.png 91w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Immortal-Story-Poster-191x270.png 191w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Immortal-Story-Poster.png 448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nIn 1860s Macao, an aging merchant (Orson Welles) tasks his assistant (Roger Coggio) with finding a sailor (Norman Eshley) and a woman (Jeanne Moreau) who can act out an oft-told story of a one-night encounter.\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>Historical Drama<\/li>\n<li>Jeanne Moreau Films<\/li>\n<li>Orson Welles Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nOrson Welles&#8217;s feature-length &#8212; well, hour-long TV-length &#8212; follow-up to <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=93716\"><em>Chimes at Midnight<\/em><\/a> was this adaptation of a short story by Isak Dinesen (one of Welles&#8217;s favorite authors), whose oeuvre Welles had hoped to tap into even more. It tells a simple yet very odd tale of a wealthy man: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Immortal-Story-Welles.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Immortal-Story-Welles-1024x564.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"353\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-97155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Immortal-Story-Welles-1024x564.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Immortal-Story-Welles-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Immortal-Story-Welles-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Immortal-Story-Welles-768x423.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Immortal-Story-Welles-490x270.png 490w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Immortal-Story-Welles.png 1292w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; determined to make a sexual fantasy story come true (There really isn&#8217;t much more to it than this.) Welles&#8217;s assistant (Coggio) finds Moreau &#8212; who has a grievance against Welles given he is living in the house previously owned by her father, who committed suicide &#8212; and then Eshley to play the central roles in the apocryphal legend of a couple who experience an &#8220;earthquake&#8221; during their lovemaking.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Immortal-Story-Listen.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Immortal-Story-Listen-1024x616.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"385\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-97156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Immortal-Story-Listen-1024x616.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Immortal-Story-Listen-300x181.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Immortal-Story-Listen-128x77.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Immortal-Story-Listen-768x462.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Immortal-Story-Listen-449x270.png 449w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Immortal-Story-Listen.png 1196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To say more would spoil this almost-barely-there story &#8212; but suffice it to say, not too much else happens. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> This film was released in the United States on a double-bill with Luis Bu\u00f1uel&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=86816\"><em>Simon of the Desert<\/em> (1965)<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Willy Kurant&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Immortal-Story-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Immortal-Story-Cinematography-1024x609.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-97159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Immortal-Story-Cinematography-1024x609.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Immortal-Story-Cinematography-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Immortal-Story-Cinematography-128x76.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Immortal-Story-Cinematography-768x457.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Immortal-Story-Cinematography-454x270.png 454w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Immortal-Story-Cinematography.png 1224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; this one is only must see for Welles completists. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0063127\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/79039\/the-immortal-story#articles-reviews?articleId=93539\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1969\/02\/12\/archives\/screen-festival-films-on-double-billbunuel-makes-modern-fable-of-st.html\">NY Times Original Review (scroll down to second review)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/newspapers?id=xscpAAAAIBAJ&#038;sjid=9IsDAAAAIBAJ&#038;pg=4506%2C1017710\">Village Voice Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.criterion.com\/current\/posts\/4200-the-immortal-story-divas-and-dandies\">Criterion Essay<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t like prophecies.&#8221; Synopsis: In 1860s Macao, an aging merchant (Orson Welles) tasks his assistant (Roger Coggio) with finding a sailor (Norman Eshley) and a woman (Jeanne Moreau) who can act out an oft-told story of a one-night encounter. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Historical Drama Jeanne Moreau Films Orson Welles Films Review: Orson Welles&#8217;s feature-length &#8212; well, hour-long TV-length &#8212; follow-up to Chimes at Midnight was this adaptation of a short story by Isak Dinesen (one of Welles&#8217;s&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=97152\"> 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-97152","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\/97152","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=97152"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97169,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97152\/revisions\/97169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=97152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=97152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=97152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}