A structuralist film about narrative structure, "Intermezzo" compresses five cinematic melodramas by compiling parallel fragments through a polyphonic over-lapping of time-frames, to foreground the meta-narrative behind the genre, yet remains a melodrama at heart. The motion pictures used are (in order of appearance) Gregory Ratoff: Intermezzo (1939), Douglas Sirk: Interlude (1957), John M. Stahl: When Tomorrow Comes (1939), David Lean: Summertime (1955) and Gustav Molander: Intermezzo (1936).
Roger Deutsch
Director, Writer
Gabriel's Rapture: Part I78%
5lbs of Pressure58%
June and John59%
Holiday Date64%
Petals on the Wind65%
Sisters of the Groom65%
Attraction68%
A Royal Winter71%
The Hot Spot62%
Turkey Drop66%
Vertigo81%
The Matchmaker's Playbook71%
The Sweetest Christmas63%
Frequencies65%
Chateau Christmas61%
Double Holiday71%
Runaway Romance68%
Brimming with Love64%
Gabriel's Rapture: Part II81%
Safe Haven72%
