A very loose adaptation of Nathaniel West book about a scrummy writer who gives advice to sad women. When one sender gets a bit too close, the lines gets tangled to mixed result.
Less dour than its original text, this version of the film puts a bent to the loss of innocence of the titular Lonelyheart. It personifies him and give him a chance to make things better but not necessarily improving the original book.
I think the most interesting thing about this is that it actually did not give Clift's character into some Code mandated repercussion. In fact, the ending was quite a change of pace for the film from this era. It left him off and give him a pass, a rarity of the time.
Other than that, nothing really to write about. The stars here are competent but did better films in general (especially the likes of Myrna Loy, Clift, Stapleton and Robert Ryan). The direction and cinematography was fine.
A very competent fim AND an interesting take of the material.
Less dour than its original text, this version of the film puts a bent to the loss of innocence of the titular Lonelyheart. It personifies him and give him a chance to make things better but not necessarily improving the original book.
I think the most interesting thing about this is that it actually did not give Clift's character into some Code mandated repercussion. In fact, the ending was quite a change of pace for the film from this era. It left him off and give him a pass, a rarity of the time.
Other than that, nothing really to write about. The stars here are competent but did better films in general (especially the likes of Myrna Loy, Clift, Stapleton and Robert Ryan). The direction and cinematography was fine.
A very competent fim AND an interesting take of the material.