The Museum of Classic Chicago Television Evil Monito lovefilm El descodificador Under-rated Film Archive: Lilith (1964) | Evil Monito Genre HoundFilm Opinion In celebration of the success of recent films that explore themes related to madness and distorted reality (Shutter Island, Alice in Wonderland), I’d like to recommend a vintage “undiscovered” gem titled Lilith from 1964. The film features a brilliant, haunting performance by Jean Seberg and a strange, subdued turn by a very young Warren Beatty. The last film of Robert Rossen’s career is thought by some to be a misfire while others regard it as a misunderstood masterpiece. In my opinion it is neither. What Lilith is is a complex and at times convoluted yet utterly fascinating character study masquerading as a thriller. Beatty plays Vincent Bruce, a young war veteran, who takes a job in his hometown as an occupational therapist at a private mental institution for the wealthy. Lilith is one of those flawed films that offer strange delights amid awkward transitions from scene to scene. Beatty’s performance is deceptively subdued, and very subtle.
Series de TV. El Blog de las series de televisión LILITH (1964) Jean Seberg loved her part, (even if Beatty didn’t), but the film failed at the box office: “Lilith was for me the chance to try, in America, something in which i believed deeply, with someone whom i esteemed very much; this film allowed me at last to leave my usual character, to do something other than what people usually proposed to me. That is to say in what degree the financial failure of the film affected us, Robert Rossen, who was already very ill, as well as me. We had truly given the best of ourselves, and that, for an empty theatre. So Lilith was for me at once the most exciting of my experiences as an actress, and something rather sad.” Reading David Thomson now, he rates it more highly than did Sarris, for Seberg’s performance, the casting, screenplay, sets and Eugen Shufftan. I like the film, it’s fascinating, but there’s a better one in English centred on mental health problems the same year, The Pumpkin Eater with Anne Bancroft.
Comcast Good Performances in Subpar films In Lilith, Beatty’s character and Fonda’s character are after the same girl, it would be illogical for their characters to have chemistry. I don’t understand what you mean in regard to “Beatty couldn’t keep up with Peter Fonda’s dialogue.” I was sincere in writing “Lilith,” as his best performance, which is a rather bold statement considering his work in: Mickey One, The Only Game in Town, The Parallax View, McCabe & Mrs. Miller, All Fall Down, Bonnie and Clyde, Shampoo, and Splendor in the Grass. Hunter was good in Matter of Life and Death, but in no way is her performance in Lilith a “nothing performance.” I too like Paper Moon more than The Last Picture show, but that doesn’t make The Last Picture Show a subpar film.