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Written on the WindOther

by Douglas Sirk

Who uses, recommends or left Written on the Wind, in their own words: each a verbatim quote with a link to where it was said.

3 people

Karim Aïnouz
Brazilian filmmaker and visual artist; directed Madame Satã (2002), The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão (2019), which won Un Certain Regard at Cannes, and Firebrand (2023).
loved

All That Heaven Allows and Written on the Wind are movies that I learned so much from.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Karim Aïnouz, the entry for Written on the Wind.

2020-01-14·criterion.com ↗

Laura Mulvey
British feminist film theorist and filmmaker whose essay "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema" (1975) introduced the idea of the male gaze; emerita professor of film at Birkbeck, University of London.
loved

Written on the Wind is an explosion of cinematic style and of melodramatic excess. It stands for my love of Sirk but also for the extraordinary genius of all those 1950s directors whose careers came to an end before their time.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Laura Mulvey, the entry for Written on the Wind.

2016-01-29·criterion.com ↗

Allan Arkush
American film and television director who started in Roger Corman's trailer department; directed Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979) with the Ramones and Get Crazy, and episodes of Moonlighting, Ally McBeal and Heroes.
loved

All That Heaven Allows got me into Sirk, but Written on the Wind is the poster on my office wall—it’s a touchstone, a timeless piece of popular art.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Allan Arkush, the entry for Written on the Wind.

2008-11-19·criterion.com ↗

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