Renewed acquaintance with otto premingers bonjour tristesse, after 30 years, compels me now to rerank it above anatomy of a murder as. Columbia tristars dvd of bonjour tristesse will be a treat to its confirmed fans, who cant have had too many opportunities to see it as intended in its cinemascope dimensions. A first viewing of bonjour tristesseand, to some extent, many other preminger filmstends to accentuate the seeming multitude of faults even as one revels in premingers remarkable filmmaking savvy. Cote dazur bonjour tristesse france lonely planet forum. Almost everything about this picture, which opened at the capitol yesterday, manifests bad taste, poor judgment and plain deficiency of skill, pronounced bosley crowther of. Lionel kazan remembers the filming of bonjour tristesse vogue.
With jean seberg, david niven, deborah kerr, mylene demongeot. Regarder bonjour tristesse 1958 toutes les infos sur le film complet bonjour tristesse en francais, streaming gratuit, soustitres et audio dorigine. The novel concerns the life of a pleasuredriven 17yearold named cecile and her relationship with her boyfriend and her adulterous, playboy father. One of the most unique things about bonjour tristesse is that we start the story in current time filmed in black and white. The title is derived from a poem by paul eluard, a peine defiguree, which begins with the lines adieu tristesse bonjour tristesse. Those american critics carped that seberg was immature and trying too hard and failing at becoming an adult. Starring deborah kerr, david niven, jean seberg, mylene demongeot and geoffrey horne. Otto premingers caustic 1958 melodrama, adapted from francoise sagans novel, stars jean seberg as cecile, a frivolous, sybaritic french girl of seventeen who lives with.
Seberg tolerates most of her fathers mistresses, but doesnt know what to make of the prudish deborah kerr, who will not cohabit with niven until after theyre married. Hope bryce background thanks to otto premingers direction and georges perinals lush color cinematography that captures the richness of the french riviera, the visual delights of bonjour tristesse secure its. Bonjour tristesse, an award winning film blog focusing on current and classic, foreign, independent, and cult cinema. Published in 1954, when the author was only 18, it was an overnight sensation. When anne, raymonds old love interest, comes to raymonds villa, cecile is afraid for her way of life. But its goodbye happiness and bonjour tristesse hello sadness when the plan takes an unexpected turn. Where did they film the scene where everyone meets outside a bar maybe close to a port for drinks and then this mad dancingscene starts. Bonjour tristesse which means hello, sadness is the story of a jealous, sophisticated 17yearold girl who meddles in her fathers impending remarriage with tragic consequences. For the final scene in bonjour tristesse, which was filmed in shepperton studios outside london, seberg was required to sit at a makeup table, gazing at herself as she applied cold cream to her face. Bonjour tristesse 1958 movies, tv, celebs, and more. Otto premingers bonjour tristesse in restored 35mm cinemascope. Cecile, decadent young girl who lives with her rich playboy father raymond. On the coast, cacile and her group join revellers in a joyous snake dance filmed in long fluent crane shots in the town square.
Seberg tolerates most of her fathers mistresses, but doesnt know what to make of the prudish. How jean seberg made cinematic history in bonjour tristesse. Bonjour tristesse film jump to navigation jump to search. Hello everyone, i am looking for a spot from premingers film bonjour tristesse with jean seberg. An englishlanguage film adaptation was released in 1958, directed by otto preminger. Bonjour tristesse was regarded at the time as an attempt to do something a bit scandalous, says preminger biographer and edinburgh film festival artistic director, chris fujiwara. She maintained the austere style of the french psychological novel even while the nouveau roman was in vogue. Audreys dress, made by edith head after a givenchy sketch, was chic and girly, this one is glamorous. Otto premingers bonjour tristesse, by fred camper, a chicago. Jean seberg is cecile, the spoiled 17yearold daughter of raymond david niven, a wealthy parisian widower vacationing in a sumptuous villa on the french riviera.
Bonjour tristesse, despite a terrific performance by jean seberg, is an annoying film about annoying people, says david gritten. The book was a blockbuster and the film became almost as iconic. Otto premingers 1958 bonjour tristesse one of the masterworks of the period used the relatively new format of cinemascope to present its five characters in various tableaux. Sep 14, 2017 one of the most unique things about bonjour tristesse is that we start the story in current time filmed in black and white. The director wanted her to appear totally expressionless but also wanted the camera to capture tears welling up slowly in her eyes. In otto premingers goldenage film, bonjour tristesse, based on francoise sagans book by the same name, jean seberg plays cecile, the amoral teenage daughter of rich playboy raymond david niven. I always regarded it as a mirror into the inner workings of the young jean seberg at a transitional time in her life. It tells the story of cecile, a decadent young girl living with her rich playboy father raymond, who doesnt know what to make of the prudish anne, raymonds old love interest.
Bonjour tristesse came out at just about the time that critics turned on otto preminger. Francoise sagans bittersweet novel bonjour tristesse is given a sumptuous riviera filmed screen treatment, featuring the luminous jean seberg of breathless fame. Shot almost entirely on location at a villa on the french riviera, director. The siren loved the book as a teen, but it had not aged well when she revisited it. Jean seberg in bonjour tristessephotography by sunset. The book was written with classical restraint and a tone of cynical disillusionment, and it hewed to traditional form during a. An amoral french girl and her playboy father discover the dark side of passion in this sizzling 1950 adaptation of francoise sagans notorious bestseller. One sunny day in 1958, set against the backdrop of a futuristic cote dazur villa, photographer lionel kazan captured the filming of otto. Apr 26, 2010 bonjour tristesse 1958 what an upanddown experience was bonjour tristesse, the film based on francoise sagans brief novel about a young girl with an unhealthy jealousy about her alleycat father.
Cinemascope was often used with subjects almost absurdly well suited to the screens shape. What an upanddown experience was bonjour tristesse, the film based on francoise sagans brief novel about a young girl with an unhealthy jealousy about her alleycat father. Mar, 2011 apologies for bringing you another favourite film post so soon after the last but as i have recently watched bonjour tristesse i wanted to post about it whist it was still fresh in my mind. Bonjour tristesse is a 1958 britishamerican technicolor film in cinemascope, directed and produced by otto. Some viewers might find this distracting, but i love it as a plot device. An amoral french girl and her playboy father discover the dark side of passion in this sizzling 1950 adaptation of francoise sagans notorious. This adaption of francoise sagans scandalous novel of the same name was filmed in the midst of this craze. On holiday in the south of france, she is seduced by the sun, sand and her first lover. Bonjour tristesse produced and directed by otto preminger in 1957, adapted from francoise sagans novel, published in 1954, written when she was 18. Still, artistically the 18yearolds debut book was more cohesive than otto premingers movie. Vitals david niven as raymond, bon vivant single father french riviera, summer 1957 film. Seberg tolerates most of her fathers mistresses, but doesnt know what to make of. Bonjour tristesse 1958 when otto preminger announced in 1957 that his next project would be bonjour tristesse, based on the bestselling novel by francoise sagan, and that it would star jean seberg, colleagues and fellow members of the film industry were astonished.
Otto premingers bonjour tristesse, by fred camper, a. Aug 28, 20 bonjour tristesse, despite a terrific performance by jean seberg, is an annoying film about annoying people, says david gritten. Review of otto premingers film, bonjour tristesse, by fred camper, originally published in the chicago reader. David niven plays a wealthy playboy, the father of teenaged libertineinthemaking jean. May 23, 2014 bonjour tristesse, an award winning film blog focusing on current and classic, foreign, independent, and cult cinema. But the flashback scenes which comprise the majority of the movie are filmed in glorious color. David niven and jean seberg say bonjour tristesse in this 1958 film directed by otto preminger and also starring deborah kerr and mylene demongeot. It became an international sensation and seberg along with it. After all, his previous film, saint joan 1957, which featured seberg in her film debut, was probably the biggest commercial. Sagans first novel, bonjour tristesse hello sadness, was published in 1954, when she was 18 years old. Stewart, youll recall, was held in low regard by the american film press when she.
Bonjour tristesse by otto preminger deborah kerr, david. Preminger, though, promised her a second chance, and he cast seberg in his next film bonjour tristesse the following year, which was filmed in france. The only thing i knew about bonjour tristesse beforehand was that it was a otto preminger film starring deborah kerr, david niven, and jean seberg, and perhaps that was all the information i really needed. Bonjour tristesse french hello, sadness is a 1958 britishamerican technicolor film in cinemascope, directed and produced by otto preminger from a. Francoise sagans bittersweet novel bonjour tristesse is given a sumptuous riviera filmed screen treatment. Their shallow, pleasureseeking existence is threatened when raymond. In paris, seventeenyearold cecile shares an empty, sybaritic life with her wealthy playboy father raymond, whom she addresses by his christian name.
The film stars deborah kerr, david niven, jean seberg, mylene demongeot and geoffrey horne, and features. Almost everything about this picture, which opened at the capitol yesterday, manifests bad taste, poor judgment and plain deficiency of skill, pronounced bosley crowther of the ny times. Shes a seventeenyearold girl who lives a very flighty and unrestricted life. A seventeenyearold daughter and her father are spending an uneventful, lazy summer on the french riviera until his girlfriend joins them and the teenagers habit of being in the company of older men kicks in. Bonjour tristesse french hello, sadness is a 1958 britishamerican technicolor film in cinemascope, directed and produced by otto preminger from a screenplay by arthur laurents based on the novel of the same title by francoise sagan. But all the same, they are quite charming and do y. Aug 24, 2018 bonjour tristesse 1958 after the production of and god created woman earlier in the 50s, the riviera became a popular destination for filmmakers as well as tourists. Starting with anatomy of a murder his currency with the critics would rise again, but in 1957 preminger was considered a promising talent who made laura and then collapsed into confused melodramas and illconceived pictures like the courtmartial of billy. They are vacationing on the french riviera the sumptuous property where they filmed, situated in lavandou, was pierre and helene lazareff. Bonjour tristesse was regarded at the time as an attempt to do something a bit scandalous, says preminger biographer and edinburgh film. Jean seberg in bonjour tristesse i think i prefer this little black dress worn by jean seberg in bonjour tristesse 1958 to the one worn by audrey hepburn in sabrina 1954. For instance, preminger occasionally seems to be putting undue stress on the most salacious elements of francoise sagans potboiler. Dec 08, 2003 a first viewing of bonjour tristesseand, to some extent, many other preminger filmstends to accentuate the seeming multitude of faults even as one revels in premingers remarkable filmmaking savvy. For preminger, bonjour tristesse was followed by porgy and bess 1959 and anatomy of a murder 1959, after which the director began is epic period, making lengthy films on sexual politics, nation founding, faith, wwii, and seething racism before a series of internationally produced duds wrapped up his career in the late seventies.