Thank god for TCM! This movie was, in short, amazing. This was the first Greta Garbo movie I ever saw, too...she was perfect for the role. All of the cast was perfect, really...it made me cry at the end. For some reason, too, I loved the part when Baron and Marguerite were at the piano and the doorbell rang...the camera zooming around them as they laughed was just...perfect!
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BETHANY COX
"Music comes from within, from your heart and from your soul."
Ditto!
I agree. This was my first Garbo movie as well, and it made a huge impact on me. The first time I saw it, I cried for what seemed like hours. I so badly wanted Marguerite to see Armand one last time before she died, and when she did, it was so bittersweet. They were reunited, but only for a few minutes. It's heartbreaking to listen to them talk about loving each other for as long as they live when Marguerite's dying; and about going to the countryside when she doesn't have the strength to stand up.
It's such a magnificent love story, and Garbo does an incredible job (she deserved an Oscar for this performance). Every aspect of this movie is perfect, as far as I'm concerned- the costumes, the acting, the directing, the cinematography, the screenplay... It's definitely one of my all-time favorite movies.
Having spent my entire night NOT sleeping, I took out the movie early this morning and watched it again- and it still packed a punch! And yes- I still cried like a baby.
I heard that, Curtis!
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Same here, I knew she dies at the end because I read the book years ago. And the book had me sobbing, so I was nervous to watch the movie, knowing how sad it was. But I am glad I did, it was just magnificent. Everything about it was perfect. Greta Garbo is pretty much incomparable.
One of my top 3 or 4 romantic movies of all time, along with Casablanca, Notorious, and Roman Holiday...
Last night marked the first-time I'd ever seen this version of Camille or a Greta Garbo movie. I had no idea what I was missing. It was a beautiful film and Greta was born to play this role. I will definately be adding this film to my list of films to watch on a regular basis.
shareI absolutely loved this film. It tore me up in the best way possible. Greta Garbo was absolutely spectacular, unlike any other actress I've ever seen, and Robert Taylor was dashing and lovely to the extreme. I never knew I could sympathize with a beautiful Courtesan with the world at her feet, but I really felt for Marguerite. I rarely cry when watching films, but at the end of Camille I was a wreck. Wonderful, wonderful movie.
"Memories like spies, the salt betrays my eyes again." -Turpentine, Brandi Carlile
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The chemistry between Garbo and Taylor was truly outstanding. Both performances let me enter their turbulent relationship and feel the characters emotions specifically in the final scene, I could feel the sadness of Armand as Marguerite passed away.
"I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not".
Well, that was the first Greta Garbo's performance I watched and I must admmit that it caused also a great impression on me. She was really a great actress, all scenes without her seemed to be vague due to her immense impact when acting.
Although the film was a bit too clichéd (the story appeared to be too obvious for me), I did enjoy watching it.
In the years since you wrote this message, have you seen others? I think she's marvelous as Anna Karenina, and delightful in Ninotchka. She's terrific in Anna Christie, and of course, her greatest performance is Queen Christina. You should also see some of the silents: Flesh and the Devil, especially. She was the most beautiful woman and most fascinating actress of the 20th Century. The great thing about Garbo is that you never see the gears move, she's not thinking her way through a performance the way that Streep does.
shareSince the 1921 silent version is on the same DVD, I'm planning on showing both versions at my apartment complex on Palm Sunday night. The idea of introducing both Garbo and Valentino, albeit in different versions, greatly appeals to me.
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It re-aired tonight on The Essentials!!! It, too, was my first Garbo movie. AMAZING! I have never wanted to slap Lionel Barrymore so hard! Such a beautiful, bittersweet movie.
"I'm going crazy. I'm standing here solidly on my own two hands and going crazy."
I watched this again on TCM the other night, it brought back memories of when I was a child and first fell in love with movies. This was the first Garbo film I'd seen, when I was 12, I've been a fan of hers ever since. I've seen them all(Queen Christina is my favorite.)
The piano scene is one of the two most talked about scenes of her career.
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indeed a great movie When there's no more room in hell, The dead will walk the earth...
I'd say it's perfect and beautiful - yes, besides I'm a sucker for these tortured, doomed romances. Robert Taylor plays despair so well!
"What difference does it make where one puts flowers when one's heart is breaking?"