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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), English ( Subtitles ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Biographies, Black & White, Filmographies, Interactive Menu, Photo Gallery, Scene Access, Trailer(s), SYNOPSIS: A man who is part of a right wing terrorist group is betrayed by a friend. When he discovers the identity of his betrayer he sets out to exact revenge. ...Fire and Ice ( Le Combat dans l'île )
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Acting saves a rather preposterous film,
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This review is from: Le Combat Dans L'ile [DVD] (DVD)
A bourgeois housewife (Romy Schneider) discovers that her husband (Jean Louis Trintignant) is a right wing terrorist and a political assassin. After a bungled assassination attempt, he must leave the country but he refuses to take her which leaves her vulnerable to the attentions of her husband's childhood friend (Henri Serre, JULES ET JIM). Directed by Alain Cavalier but "supervised" by Louis Malle, this is a perfectly silly film, not to mention slipshod. Most problematic is Schneider's character who comes across as a cipher that defines herself through the men in her life. After discovering that her husband is a fascist and a murderer, does she leave him? No, she pleads to be taken along with him when he escapes the country. Only when she finds herself another man (Serre) is she able to heal herself. I won't even go into the archaic finale which could have come right out of a 19th century potboiler. Still, the acting is quite good. In particular, Trintignant whose intensity is a perfect match for the near psychopathic assassin. I don't believe the film ever got a U.S. release and it's easy to see why. With Diane Lepvrier who gives a charming performance as a country housekeeper.
The C'est La Vie DVD from Great Britain is full screen (1.33 ratio) with a decent if unexceptional transfer.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Minor nouvelle vague thriller,
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This review is from: Le Combat Dans L'ile [DVD] (DVD)
La Combat Dans L'Ile/Fire and Ice is a minor nouvelle vague political thriller from Alan Cavalier, who became overshadowed by his collaborators on this film, Louis Malle and Jean-Paul Rappeneau (Malle produced the film as a criticism of Jean-Luc Godard and other then-right wing nouvelle vague directors and their support for the French occupation of Algeria and for the OAS and their campaign of terrorism and assassination in mainland France). It's an okay romantic triangle of sorts, with Romy Schneider transferring her affections from Jean-Louis Trintignant's spoiled right wing terrorist to Henri Serre's left-wing printer, leading to a rather silly duel. It's dated better than most Nouvelle Vague films of its day, but still has the mixture of shallow content and unconvincing storytelling that is less import than the style of filmmaking.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A Must for Romy Schneider Fans!,
By C. Mathieu "waldenpond88" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Le Combat Dans L'Ile [DVD] [1962] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] (DVD)
My favorite Romy Schneider movies are the ones that she made in the fifties in Austria and Germany and in the sixties in France.
This is one of the better movies from the early sixties when she was still engaged to French superstar Alain Delon living and working in France. "Le combat dans l'ile" is even today very watchable (something I cannot say about her later French movies with Michel Piccoli or Yves Montand). I watched it several times over the past three decades and still love it. Definitely 5 stars! Another tip: "Purple Noon" aka "Plein soleil" with Alain Delon from 1960, the best Ripley adaptation based on Patricia Highsmith's 5 Ripley novels. Although Romy is only in one short scene, I still would like to recommend this unforgettable French masterpiece by René Clément. [...] The score is very haunting.
3.0 out of 5 stars
A pretty black and white suspense film,
By Michael Harbour "mharbour" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Le Combat Dans L'Ile [DVD] [1962] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] (DVD)
A pretty black and white suspense film. Good, not great. I think it would have been improved by eliminating the narration.
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Minor nouvelle vague thriller,
By Trevor Willsmer - Published on Amazon.com
Minor nouvelle vague thriller, January 23, 2008
La Combat Dans L'Ile/Fire and Ice is a minor nouvelle vague political thriller from Alan Cavalier, who became overshadowed by his collaborators on this film, Louis Malle and Jean-Paul Rappeneau (Malle produced the film as a criticism of Jean-Luc Godard and other then-right wing nouvelle vague directors and their support for the French occupation of Algeria and for the OAS and their campaign of terrorism and assassination in mainland France). It's an okay romantic triangle of sorts, with Romy Schneider transferring her affections from Jean-Louis Trintignant's spoiled right wing terrorist to Henri Serre's left-wing printer, leading to a rather silly duel. It's dated better than most Nouvelle Vague films of its day, but still has the mixture of shallow content and unconvincing storytelling that is less import than the style of filmmaking. |
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