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    The Arrangement

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    The Arrangement is a film by Elia Kazan (possibly his last) based on his own best seller as he had turned to writing after he left directing films. The Arrangement was a return to film for him, but this was the only feature he made for the rest of his long life. It was also pretty well the end of the road for Deborah Kerr who would make very few films after this one.

    Elia Kazan was a brilliant man, director and became a brilliant writer of novels for his artistic outlet. At some point I must have read the novel, but on seeing the film was not completely satisfied though it is hardly a poor movie. It's very well made! However, the themes it tackles are today so common place: a great career on Madison Avenue, struggles in the family, suicide attempts, a mistress, old folks in society and on and on. I look upon all this in 2015 as a series of clichés we have visited time and time again. One thing I will point out is that RICHARD BOONE in an almost last performance as "the old man" with dementia left quite an impression on me... his acting, yes, but also what the script called for him to say and especially the way he delivered his lines. It's a performance that will stick to me like fly paper.

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    pietroantoni@  19.3.2015 age: 36-49 14,528 reviews

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