Friday, July 23, 2010

Angel. 1957. Directed by Joseph Cornell.

(10/20/00)

This is a lovely little film. A statue of an angel stands over a fountain. (I think it is a fountain.) We see the surface of the water and the reflections on it. It has a Monet-like quality to it.

Cornell (or Rudy Burckhardt who did the cinematography) gives the statue virtually a living presence. I felt it as having a personality. There is one really beautiful shot of the statue as a silhouette. The angel has a calmness and a protective quality.

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