Beyond the Forest (1949)
- Directed by
- King Vidor
- Genre
- drama film, film noir, crime film, romance film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 54 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A woman in a small town chafes against her dull marriage and dreams of escaping to a glamorous city. She manipulates the people around her, leading to devastating consequences for everyone involved.
melodramatictensebitterclaustrophobicunyieldingsoapybleakoperatic
What happens
Beyond the Forest is a 1949 American melodrama directed by King Vidor, and featuring Bette Davis, Joseph Cotten, David Brian, and Ruth Roman. The screenplay is written by Lenore Coffee based on the 1947 novel by Stuart Engstrand. The film marks Davis's last appearance as a contract actress for Warner, after eighteen years with the studio. She tried several times to walk away from the film (which only caused the production cost to go through the roof), but Warner refused to release her from their employment contract. She remembered the project as "a terrible movie", and her death scene at the end of the film as "the longest death scene ever seen on the screen". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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