Or in style and the general way they were made? I didn't care too much for the story of this movie, but I liked it anyway and I can't put my finger on it as to why. It just felt like a very unique movie in terms of the acting and general direction of the movie. I wanna know if I should go on people's recommendations and watch Sirk's similar movies
share'Far From Heaven' is not similar in story to Douglas Sirk's movies at all, but rather in style, in mood and the way music is used. Themes like homosexuality or mixed racial couples were unheard of in movies of that era (much less both themes in one picture).
What makes 'Far From Heaven' pretty unique is that it tackles these topics, but stays true to Sirk's style, giving them an angle they were not allowed to have in the old days.
Acting, writing and Haynes' directing surely take of care of that.
So, yes: Sirk's pictures can be worth watching once in a while. He manages to depict melodrama in a pretty sincere way.
Far From Heaven, like many Douglas Sirk movies, is about the bourgeois entrapment in a life of unhappiness and unrealized desires due to unwritten societal restrictions. Although, arguably, FFH is more overtly pessimistic and tragic whereas Sirk tended to be somewhat more subtle with these things.
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It`s very similar in style and plot to Sirk`s movies,especially All that Heaven Allows but as well as the difference in class between the two main characters,it also deals with racial prejudice which was the main theme of another Sirk film,Imitation of Life, and then also incorporated the gay theme which Sirk was unable to touch upon,or even imply,in the 1950s.
shareEvery actor in this film approached their craft with a style that was prevalent in the 50's. Their acting leaned more towards a projection rather than method acting of today, which made this movie so flawless as a homage to Sirk's films. I know that the script lends a large part of it as well, but this is such an impressive achievement for everyone involved.
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