All About Eve (1950) (Patreon)

Wow! #28 on the AFI List, All About Eve (1950), really blew me away. I was not expecting this funny, sharp, cutthroat film. This will mark many firsts for me with this cast, like Bette Davis (an incredible performance) and Marilyn Monroe!

I am enraptured by this film because I loved its story structure, its look into the theatre, and what the cost of fame does to you. You see it reflected in all the characters in this, but it leaves me pondering, "Is it worth it?"?. I am still ruminating over the end scene with Phoebe. She is standing in front of the mirror, already rehearsing the same smile Eve wore, and you realize the cycle isn’t breaking. She'll replace her, and it will go on and on. Just a new face on a new girl. Ugh. That triple-mirror shot was INCREDIBLE! I am still thinking about this film as a whole. It has left me thinking a lot.

I don’t want to say the industry is all bad and all women are catty, because it’s not, but I think it is an interesting story about the ruthless ambition that lives in anyone. It felt so hard to watch, gross at times and for what? To be forgotten about and have no one left around you. Still left thinking. Was it worth it?

Let me know you're thoughts down below!! Can’t wait to hear them!

Xx

Ames