Stazione Termini(Indiscretion of an American Wife)
(a.k.a. "Indiscretion" -- UK and "Station Terminus")
Italy-US (1953): Drama
An American housewife (Jennifer Jones) vacationing in Italy reluctantly decides to put an end to her brief affair with an Italian academic (Montgomery Clift). She flees to Rome's Stazione Termini, where she bids him farewell, but he begs her to stay. The film's plot is simple; its production was not. The troubled collaboration between director Vittorio De Sica and producer David O. Selznick resulted in two cuts of the same film. De Sica's version, Stazione Termini, was screened at a length of one-and-a-half hours, but after disappointing previews, Selznick severely re-edited it to 64 minutes, added Patti Page singing two prologue songs, and changed the title to Indiscretion of an American Wife -- all without De Sica's permission. The Criterion Collection presents both versions of this controversial release. (Columbia) (Amazon.com)
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· Costume Design (Black and White) 1954: Christian Dior