Classic Movie:Goodbye Again
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It was filmed in Paris, because the story was set in that city, in 1960. Based on the novel by Francoise Sagan, it concerns a forty year old interior designer, her lover of five years, and the son of one of her clients, played by Anthony Perkins. Paula is a successful businesswoman, with her own shop; outwardly a typical sophisticated Parisian. She dresses beautifully and appears to want for nothing. But she is unhappy. Roger, her lover, is frequently unfaithful with an assortment of silly young
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Goodbye Again was released by United Artists and directed by Anatole Litvak ;It's an Ingrid Bergman movie which has been given little more than passing attention, but which I believe gave as true an indication of her enormous acting ability as any of her great successes.
It was filmed in Paris, because the story was set in that city, in 1960. Based on the novel by Francoise Sagan, it concerns a forty year old interior designer, her lover of five years, and the son of one of her clients, played by Anthony Perkins. Paula is a successful businesswoman, with her own shop; outwardly a typical sophisticated Parisian. She dresses beautifully and appears to want for nothing. But she is unhappy. Roger, her lover, is frequently unfaithful with an assortment of silly young girls-- all of whom he calls Maisie. This in itself is incredible, considering the unique beauty of the ever-amazing Ingrid-- and is a weakness of the story. How could anyone be unfaithful to Ingrid?
Anyone who has not seen Goodbye Again should watch it. Ingrid is magnetic, as always, and shows the vulnerability we saw in some of her earlier films. Dilys Powell summed it up in her review in The Sunday Times: “The indestructible inner grace of Miss Bergman wins me every time, and here she is at her most magical.”
Philip, is at first interested when he meets Paula at his mother’s house-- she is going to arrange the redecoration of the place. He gives her a lift back to her shop, and we can see the interest developing into something deeper. As he says to his boss’s secretary, when he finally arrives at work, “I met someone today.” “I know,” she replies, “The most beautiful girl in the world.” “No-- a woman-- warm, charming-- and yet sad. There was a deep sadness in her eyes.” Oh, how well we know Ingrid can show that sadness!
Goodbye Again was not a British-made film, but it seems to slot nicely in with the batch of serious films being made in black and white at that time. It was the depth of the stories and the brilliance of the acting which were important, not the colourful splendour. One such British film was Room at the Top, in which a mature woman has an affair with a younger man -- again, a relationship doomed to end in tragedy.
I shall not spoil your enjoyment of the movie by continuing with the story. I would have loved to see a happy ending, but it seems that love affairs between 40 year old women and 25 year old men are always doomed. I can’t think why, particularly in this case, because I always want Ingrid to emerge happy at the end of a movie! Another reason is that Ingrid simply did not look middle-aged, despite the sophisticated wardrobe and upswept hair.
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