The Loved One (1965)

Arvo Zylo
Nov 9, 2020

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I liked this movie enough to say it is worth watching once. I think that the moral dilemmas presented in the film, which were more whacky than they were blasphemous, were a lot more challenging for the time. Basically everyone in the movie plays at having a stringent moral code (spoiler alert, they actually don’t), and it is a nice little conversation piece about the nature of ethics themselves.

The cultural observations, especially about churches, are definitely poignant, although I’m still sort of left with the feeling of watching a B-movie. Still, the set design, interior design, and cinematography are pretty incredible. It had the structure of a noir film at times, which is great since a lot of it takes place in an extremely ornate cemetery intended to be a Victorian-esque shangri-la.

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Arvo Zylo
Arvo Zylo

Written by Arvo Zylo

In the past, I have had experience as a full time psychic advisor, palm reader, healer, tarot reader, hypnotherapist, and other odd jobs. linktr.ee/nopartofit

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