First off, if you haven't seen this film, and you are a fan of either Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Stanley Donen, stunning sets and clothes, location shoots in London, witty repartee, terrific script-writing, romance or just entertaining classic films, you're missing out!Briefly, the plot has sophisticated and single, highly-successful actress Ingrid meeting the sophisticated and married, highly-successful businessman Cary. They fall in love, but Cary is hiding something, and thus the intrigue, and fun, begins. True, this plot in real life would not apply today, and I hear a lot of people not liking classic films for this reason, but aren't there really a lot of modern films that don't apply to real life also?
For fans of this pairing in Hitchcock's 1946 masterpiece Notorious (which I will be covering in the future as it is one of the top films of all time, IMO), this will not disappoint. Though the feel of the film is entirely different, the chemistry and timing is not.
This film withstands repeated viewings very well. The quality of performance from not only Bergman and Grant, but the supporting cast as well, and overall effort and attention to detail that went into Indiscreet contributes to this. And who wouldn't love that London apartment?
Following is a video of the classic dance scene, in which Anna is clearly not thrilled with the light-hearted and oblivious Cary at this point in the movie!
Btw, if you're curious, the meaning of yellow roses (seen in the credits and film) is joy, and deep caring.
i love this movie!!!! Cary and Ingrid, he's so handsome!! her sister is really funny too
ReplyDeleteIt' a wonderful film.
ReplyDeleteYes, it is a great film. A real classic, and yet I think a lot of people haven't seen it - it gets overlooked a bit, I think, especially considering it has Grant and Bergman together...
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