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Summary: Pure pleasure.
Review: This film never quite makes famous "top" lists, probably because of its cop-out ending. But ignore the ending and savor the rest. The film is brimming with sexual tension, both on the surface and in the subtext. Rita Hayworth is ravishingly beautiful and downright hot,a fascinationg femme fatale whose sexuality teases and torments men. Glen Ford plays Johnny Farrell, a gambler who is misogynistic, sexually ambiguous, and caught in a love-hate relationship with Hayworth's Gilda. As a rich casino owner, George McCready has both Ford and Hayworth under his command, and with both of them there is some ambiguity as to how much of his control is financial and how much is sexual.The scipt offers some great,psychologically cutting lines and every character is a joy to watch. And when all is said and done, Hayworth's "Put the Blame on Mame" strip-tease is one of the high points in American popular culture. I can only guess at what the response to it must have been like in the tame 1940s.
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Summary: film noir
Review: this is a must see movie for everybody interested in watching intelligent executed, well written and well played movies. The movie surprises with many unexpected twist and turns and a multi faceted characters. If you havn't seen this one, you have really missed out on a lot!
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Summary: Excellent Classic
Review: This is an excellent movie and an enduring classic.
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Summary: The Goddess of Glamor
Review: This is one of the best films in Rita Hayworth's career and one of the most glamorous movies of old Hollywood. Gilda is a complicated woman trapped between two men, trying to deal with her feelings for one and devotion to another. Gilda contains her memorable striptease/dance to the song "Put the Blame on Mame" and is full of great quotes ("If I was a ranch, they'd call me the bar none!"). Rita's sultry portrayal of the main character sets the screen on fire and you are drawn to her in every scene that she appears in. This role is one of the great femme fatales of cinematic history and worth having in any dvd collection. I think people often overlooked Rita Hayworth's acting because of her beauty and never took her seriously. If you want to see a beautiful, talented actress take a role and make it irresistable to watch, buy Gilda. You won't regret it.
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Summary: A true classic!
Review: Though Rita Hayworth's sultry performance steals each scene in which she's featured, it is overall an excellent movie. Never before or since has a femme fatale been portrayed with such smoldering passion and such deep character flaws as Hayworth's Gilda. Combine her potency with a plot involving an illegal gambling operation with plenty of shady characters ~ in fact, every character has an ulterior motive and a secret ~ and you have a film that, after 60 years, is still fascinating to watch.
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