Madeleine was one of those films, and is one that Lean personally disliked (it was his least favorite movie he ever made), and that he created as a "wedding present" for his then-wife Ann Todd who played the role on stage. Most noted today for his grand epics like The Bridge on the River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia, and Doctor Zhivago, he made a number of smaller, more intimate dramas in the 1940's and 50's that I also enjoyed, albeit ones that few people discuss anymore.
Lean is on that list, and he had a relatively interesting career. One of the many "list" projects I'm currently working on viewing is a list of ten of my favorite directors whom I want to see all of their movies, sort of to understand the ways that a career ebbs and flows creatively. (Spoilers Ahead) Going into this picture, I knew very little about the movie. This weekend I caught two such movies, and we'll be reviewing one now-David Lean's largely forgotten film Madeleine. I've made a bucket list doomed to fail (there are too many films on the list that I want to try), but I'm going to go out swinging with the service, and as a result I'll be seeing as many movies on the platform as I can between now and November 29th, its last day in existence. Unless Barbra Streisand & Guillermo del Toro are successful (bless them for trying), FilmStruck will shudder its services on November 29th, and as a result I will no longer have access to some of the greatest films ever made, many of whom have never been released on home video or whom I don't have access to anywhere on Netflix, Amazon, or the like. You may notice in the coming weeks a series of seemingly rarer or more obscure films being reviewed on the blog than usual, and this is intentional.
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