Title: Foolish Wives
Year: 1923
Country: USA
Director: Erich Von Stroheim
Producer: N/A (not given)
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 117 minutes
Viewed: July 12, 2010 (Not completely sure but pretty sure this is when we watched it)
Review: The thing that stood out about this movie for me (and Drake as well) as that we were incredibly happy when it was over. The movie was way too long. Reading a few excerpts about the film we found out that it was supposed to be 6 to 10 hours long originally, which would have been a complete disaster. The title of the movie makes sense because the whole goal is that the main character "The Count" seduces rich married women to give him money. It is confusing as to who the two main women that are working with The Count actually are, it's clear they are faking royalty or wealth, but what is not clear is if they are women he is seeing or his cousins. At the end of the film, I remember asking Drake, "Did he just die?" I'm not sure if I missed something during the movie or what, but all of the things I have read finding out about the film further state that he does die. Overall, I am just going to say that it is incredibly difficult for me to follow the silent films, but when I don't think the movie is entertaining it makes it especially difficult.
Rating:
1 Shamrock
1 Soccer ball
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