@deanduncan63Saw Jacques Feyder’s #FacesofChildren. Superb use of the spectacular Swiss setting. Kinda classical, kinda restrained …
… in approach, but really pulling out the stops when called for (as in the funeral & avalanche sequences) …
… A really great example of how wide ranging, agile, & very beautiful silent films can be.
#FacesofChildren. Wicked stepmother motif, w’ melodramatic extremes replaced by psychological subtlety …
… convincingly contradictory feelings, sympathy for all, & a tremendously sweet resolution. Pretty great!
#FacesofChildren. W’ regard to wicked stepmothers, see B. Bettelheim, 1983, 69. Children are often confused & angry …
… Folk & fairy tales can productively displace those feelings, offer therapeutic aid toward understanding & resolution …
… Here’s the real McCoy, the fairy tale dynamic, but rendered w’out stylization, & in a plausible, recognizable domestic setting.
#FacesofChildren. The child actors are amazing, to a world-beating, historic degree.