http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/charles-boyer-irene-dunne-love-affair/ The Oscars, film awards, new releases, Los Angeles screenings, movie classics, gay movies, film festivals, box office, foreign and independent films Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:29:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/charles-boyer-irene-dunne-love-affair/#comment-481760 Lance Sat, 12 Sep 2009 10:37:41 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=13650#comment-481760 Cary Grant was wooden and insincere in "An Affair". Deborah Kerr was tolerable and underserving of an Oscar nomination--which she didn't get, although Irene Dunn got a deserved one for "Love Affair". Everything about "Love Affair" was superior to the remake except the lack of color. I'm not sure color was important for this dramatic story. The remake was ashamedly unoriginal with many scenes exactly staged and shot with the same lens as the original. As though it could be an improvement, McCarey reversed some of the his-her lines. Perhaps he was bored with simply copy-catting himself. "An Affair" was a money grab with no pretense of originality. Cary Grant was wooden and insincere in "An Affair". Deborah Kerr was tolerable and underserving of an Oscar nomination–which she didn't get, although Irene Dunn got a deserved one for "Love Affair". Everything about "Love Affair" was superior to the remake except the lack of color. I'm not sure color was important for this dramatic story. The remake was ashamedly unoriginal with many scenes exactly staged and shot with the same lens as the original. As though it could be an improvement, McCarey reversed some of the his-her lines. Perhaps he was bored with simply copy-catting himself. "An Affair" was a money grab with no pretense of originality.

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