Grimerlana Plenty to Like, Plenty to Dislike

MusicChat It's complicated... I really like the directing, acting and writing but, there are issues with the way it's shot that I just can't deny. As much as I love the storytelling and the fantastic performance but, there are also certain scenes that didn't need to exist.

Bergorks 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.

Hayden Kane There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Armand it is the beauty of inspired meeting. the novel , the director and the actors. the dialogs and something sad and graceful and melancholic. and almost unique. a film about love and about the search of sense for love in a manner who reflects great talent of actors and the precision of the work of director. a film who is not exactly great but beautiful at all. seductive scene by scene, fragile and mysterious in a special form. a film who reminds basic searches and desires. in the best style. the presence of Sagan 's words is one of its fundamental virtues. because it is adaptation of a good novel. who, in the Litvak's science of detail reflects new, fascinating nuances.

wes-connors In Paris, matronly interior decorator Ingrid Bergman (as Paula Tessier) fears, at 40, she's getting old. Playboy businessman Yves Montand (as Roger Demarest) cancels a dinner date with Ms. Bergman. After their next engagement, Mr. Montand doesn't stay for sex with Bergman. Instead, he goes out to pick up a younger woman. Obviously, their five year affair has lost its luster. Later, Bergman meets a wealthy client's son, bubbly law student Anthony Perkins (as Philip Van der Besh). He's 25-years-old. Immediately attracted to his mom's decorator, Mr. Perkins takes Bergman for a ride in his fast sports car and invites her to lunch...Produced and directed by Anatole Litvak, "Goodbye Again" features a trio of stars who certainly looked better on paper. We don't see much for Bergman to find attractive in either Perkins or Montand. Frankly, Bergman isn't especially attractive to either man, either. There is little passion in either pairing. Bergman is morbid. Perkins too silly. Montand seems disinterested even in the sexpots that appear in his bed. Other than having the younger heads popping in front of the camera, Mr. Litvak's dance scene near the end looks good. He uses automobiles to parallel his characters; at one point, Bergman's tears cover her car's windshield.**** Goodbye Again (5/61) Anatole Litvak ~ Ingrid Bergman, Anthony Perkins, Yves Montand, Jessie Royce Landis

SnoopyStyle Paula Tessier (Ingrid Bergman) is a 40 year old successful decorator in Paris. She is dating Roger Demarest (Yves Montand) but he's not willing to get married again. He's got a wandering eye. She insists that she doesn't want to try marriage again either but that's a white lie. Philip Van der Besh (Anthony Perkins) is a 25 year old carefree lawyer. His mother hires Paula to redecorate her lavish apartment. The young man flirts and flirts until Paula relents and they start dating.It's very odd to have this as Anthony Perkins' next movie after Psycho. I keep wondering if he's got a crazy interior monologue going. It's also hard to see any good chemistry between Perkins and Bergman. It would make more sense if this movie turns dark and Perkins becomes a creepy stalker. He's playing it so immaturely and weirdly. It's not really youthful exuberance. His flirting is actually quite scary. He's more like either desperately pretending to be childish or Bergman's most obsessive fan. Also it's Psycho. I just can't get that out of my mind.

selffamily I watched this late last night, shaking myself to stay awake. Bergman as ever is sublime, and has a great life with her own successful business, wealthy clientèle and a sophisticated relationship with her lover, Roget (Montand), who insures himself against his own ageing body by using a string of youthful lovers whose names he can't be bothered to remember. Paula (Bergman)is referred to a job by Roget and there she meets a bored wealthy young man who has never been told "no" by his mother, his boss or anyone by the looks of things. Because she is basically not interested in anyone but Roget she does not fall at his feet, which intrigues him and he begins to pursue her, mistaking his growing infatuation for love. She is vulnerable because she is aware of her lover's own dalliances and becomes hooked on the adoration from this young pup, ending in an affair when Roget is out of town for a couple of weeks. This does not fit easily with any of them, she feels uncomfortable being with a man 15 years her junior, and he wants to live the life he wants with her in tow, giving him the affection he clearly missed out on from his mother. Eventually Roget and Paula reconcile and she gently evicts the youngster, not without a pang and marries the older man, only to have the realisation that he has not and will not change. It was as realistic as could be expected. Paris (even in black and white) was lovely and the acting was beyond criticism. I didn't weep however, nor did I want to - and I'm usually a soft touch for tear jerkers. This is obviously a classic and I'm glad I have finally seen it!