Impossible Object
Directed byJohn Frankenheimer
Written byNicholas Mosley
Eric Kahane
Based onImpossible Object
by Nicholas Mosley
Produced byRobert Bradford
Jud Kinberg
StarringAlan Bates
Dominique Sanda
CinematographyClaude Renoir
Edited byAlbert Jurgenson
Music byMichel Legrand
Release date
24 May 1973
Running time
110 minutes
CountryItaly
France
LanguageEnglish
French
Budget$1.8 million[1]

Impossible Object, later released as Story of a Love Story, is a 1973 drama film starring Alan Bates and Dominique Sanda. It was directed by John Frankenheimer with a screenplay by Nicholas Mosley based on his own novel. It was screened at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival, but was not entered into the main competition.[2] Mosley wrote the screenplay at the behest of director Joseph Losey, whose film Accident was based on an earlier Mosley novel. Dirk Bogarde and Catherine Deneuve had been attached to the film.[3] However, Losey had difficulty financing the film and later fell out with Mosley over The Assassination of Trotsky. Frankenheimer, looking to make an independent film, took over the project.

Cast

Production

Principal photography for this movie was delayed until Dominique Sanda gave birth to her son (in April 1972). John Frankenheimer shot footage of a pregnant and naked Sanda, which was used in the movie when her character Nathalie, Harry's mistress, is pregnant with his child.[4]

Reception

The film was a financial failure. Frankenheimer later said it was never properly released because the producers went bankrupt.[5] However, the film saw some success at the 1974 Atlanta Film Festival, where it won the Grand Award Gold Phoenix for best film. Mosley also won for best screenplay and composer Michel Legrand for his film score.[6] Frankenheimer said he entered the film with a stolen print.[7]

References

  1. ↑ So You Make a Movie-Will the Public Ever See It?: Movies So You Make a Movie -- Will the Public See It? By STEPHEN! FARBER. New York Times 24 Feb 1974: 105.
  2. ↑ "Festival de Cannes: Story of a Love Story". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
  3. ↑ Mosher, Jerry (2011). A Little Solitaire: John Frankenheimer and American film. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press. p. 204.
  4. ↑ A Little Solitaire: John Frankenheimer and American Film, p. 206, p. 206, at Google Books
  5. ↑ Blume, Mary (Sep 1, 1974). "Fathering a 'Connection' Offspring". Los Angeles Times. p. m20.
  6. ↑ "Industry Activities". American Cinematographer. 55 (10): 1224. October 1974.
  7. ↑ Pratley, Gerald (1998). The Films of Frankenheimer: Forty Years in Film. London: Lehigh University Press. p. 127.


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