Tuesday, April 02, 2013

Movie Notes: The Life of Emile Zola

The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
Director: William Dieterle

This was the best picture winner in 1937.  It's a bit stodgy.  It's a lot like movies that win best picture now.  It has a social conscience, it's reasonably entertaining, and technically OK.  I don't want to criticize a movie that criticizes unreasonable racial and social prejudices, as this movie does, and it's not terrible.  It's just not great.

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