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

Can you imagine Bergman, Ophüls, Cukor, or Mizoguchi accepting such a curb?

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 25, 2019

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

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

Ophüls said much the same: “If you want to defend your point of view, and not in some way lie down in front of the powers that be, it takes more courage.”

From Washington Post ● Sep. 8, 2017

He noted that at least on a normal-size screen, there was never any of the dreaded stammer in the panning shots of Kenji Mizoguchi, Max Ophüls or Jean Renoir.

From New York Times ● Nov. 18, 2016

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