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Format: Blu-ray
Program Type: Movie
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Product Name: A Foreign Affair [Blu-ray] [1948]
UPC: 738329238940
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Billy Wilder strikes again
A Foreign Affair is not the best of Billy Wilder's films, but it nonetheless is entertaining and enjoyable. Apart from the story, while watching it in high definition on a larger TV I was struck by the shots of the devastation of post-war Berlin. That alone is something to see. The interplay between Jean Arthur, Marlene Dietrich and John Lund was a treat. I'm glad my congresswoman is not like the character Jean Arthur portrays so well. To my mind, the film could have been more tightly edited and the straight-laced character of the congresswoman at the beginning was too caricatured. Those flaws aside, I enjoyed the film and will be watching it again.
