I should add that the definitive take on the historical Madeleine Smith case, David Lean's MADELEINE from 1950, is also on the Criterion Channel this month as part of the same series. It's chillier and more ambivalent than IVY, but also a complete gem in its own darkly beautiful way.
Delightful piece, even if I had to stop reading it halfway through until I see it. So glad you like Madeleine, which I saw last year and found to be creepy and quietly dazzling. Don't you feel it's time for Ann Todd to get more respect? Having seen The Seventh Veil, The Passionate Friends, and Madeleine in fairly close succession, I've begun to wonder where she has been all my life.
I should add that the definitive take on the historical Madeleine Smith case, David Lean's MADELEINE from 1950, is also on the Criterion Channel this month as part of the same series. It's chillier and more ambivalent than IVY, but also a complete gem in its own darkly beautiful way.
Delightful piece, even if I had to stop reading it halfway through until I see it. So glad you like Madeleine, which I saw last year and found to be creepy and quietly dazzling. Don't you feel it's time for Ann Todd to get more respect? Having seen The Seventh Veil, The Passionate Friends, and Madeleine in fairly close succession, I've begun to wonder where she has been all my life.
Watched it today on the Criterion Channel and thoroughly enjoyed it. And what an ending! Thanks for the recommendation!