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Beyond the Forest
Rosa, the self-serving wife of a small-town doctor, gets a better offer when a wealthy big-city man insists she get a divorce and marry him instead. Soon she demonstrates she is capable of rather deplorable acts -- including murder.
Release : | 1949 |
Rating : | 6.8 |
Studio : | Warner Bros. Pictures, |
Crew : | Art Direction, Set Decoration, |
Cast : | Bette Davis Joseph Cotten David Brian Ruth Roman Minor Watson |
Genre : | Drama Thriller |
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You won't be disappointed!
If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.
This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows
It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film
I have just finished this film and i was really amazed by Bette Davis performance, she was a superb, her technique was just amazing, I don't Think anyone else could play This Role except her. the only thing was bad that she was too old for this character, everyone should see her performance here especially her Death scene.but to be honest with u the film was in somehow weak, most of the scenes are unrealistic, which make u feel angry about it. Joseph Cotten character was so weak, it didn't convinced me i have seen a lot of his works maybe five or six but the only one i liked was the 1943 movie ( Shadow of a Doubt )
Only Bette Davis (along with Joan Crawford) could take a trashy film and make it absolutely compelling. No, this isn't a good movie, probably not even a fair movie but oh, Bette, you make it all worthwhile.Bette wears the worst wig of her career, some really surrealistic make-up and was years too old for the part......so what?? When she delivers those famous lines "What a dump", you could jump for joy. This is Davis at her campiest and you can bet she knew it.The story line is fairly simple. A small town bitch wants to be a big city bitch and takes a lover to attain that goal. She couldn't care less that she has a husband, played by Joseph Cotton, when she sets her sights for the boyfriend played by that perpetually bland actor David Brian. All hell breaks loose as Davis chews up the scenery and her fellow actors. The final scene as Davis drags herself to the train station is the raison d'etre for the cult following that has developed around this film. It is a film lovers delight. She was some dame!!!
I saw this movie on my 21st B-day, and was really loaded... I loved it!! Then forgot what it was called.The shot with Bette on the porch swing and the burning lumber thing in the background still creeps me out, it looks insane. What kind of husband would put up with that tramping around? And the long,long.... drawn out crawling back to the train scene is a riot. I thought she got ran over but i guess she has a miscarriage? What is the deal with the ending?I don't know but I'm happy with thinking she get run over.The ending is the best!! THE BEST!!!
...in fact, a deeply disturbing film! What's most disturbing is that back in those days, people were supposed to be shocked and disgusted with the character Rosa Moline, (needless to say, so brilliantly acted by Davis) but today, I'm sure a lot of viewers would sympathise with her desperation to get out of the confines of a dead-end life. From the beginning, we learn of her hatred for life- her husband being a doctor is a sick irony!If morbid humour is your thing, then you'll love this film. Especially when she says things along the lines of "the only people who are doing a worthwhile job in this town are the undertakers who carry the dead out of here". The only flaw in this film, is the ending. Not enough explanation is given. Give it a try.