Ophüls

American  

[oh-fuhls, aw-fyls] / ˈoʊ fəls, ˈɔ füls /

noun

1. Max Max Oppenheimer, 1902–57, German film director, in Germany, France, and the U.S.

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Ophüls British  

/ ˈɔːfəls, ˈɔphyls /

noun

1. Max (maks). 1902–57, German film director, whose films include Liebelei (1932), La Signora di tutti (1934), La Ronde (1950), Le Plaisir (1952), and Lola Montes (1955)

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Ophüls

Like a modern-day Max Ophüls, Cuarón choreographs sequences in beautifully sustained long takes, and the duration of those takes achieves a powerful moral weight.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2018

The movie “Letter From an Unknown Woman” shows Zweig and Ophüls at their best.

From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2017

Dreamy and fluid, the movie was shot in gorgeous black and white by Frank Planer, who worked with Ophüls on his last German film, the romantic drama “Liebelei,” also set in Vienna.

From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2017

It was over these same mountains that Ophüls and his German-Jewish family fled the Nazis in 1941 — to Spain, Portugal and, ultimately, Los Angeles.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 8, 2017

And that’s no joke: in the guise of a frothy romantic roundelay, Ophüls tells a story of life and death that exposes the way of the world by conjuring the world beyond.

From The New Yorker ● Jul. 29, 2016