Three Faces of Eve [Import USA Zone 1]

Très bon film , envoutant !
. Une femme simple , ordinaire , transparente ( qu' on ne voit même pas ) se fait surprendre par son mari pour maltraitance avec leur petite fille . Il l' amène chez 1 psy . Timide , gentille , faible de caractère , elle se fait écraser par celui de son mari . Son subconscient développe pour se venger : une double personnalité : à l' opposé de la 1ere !!! : vulgaire , allumeuse ,vicieuse ....Elle vide le portefeuille du couple pour s' acheter des fringes provocantes , va allumer les hommes dans les bars....1 Jour son mari s' apperçoit du pot au rose & lui file une raclée . Au grand étonnement du psy qui essayait de réconcilier les 2 personnalités en conflit ( puisque la + dûre martirisait la + faible ) .Une 3eme fait surface , encore + dangereuse !! . Arrivant à l' insu de tout le monde . Encore + allumeuse , elle est machiavélique & décide de séduire son bourreau de mari par le sexe . Lui faire tirer la langue , cracher le pognon , faire tout ses caprices....Mais le drame est beaucoup plus complexe !! ; parfois , des thraumatismes anciens refont surface de façon inattendue & dangereuse . Une situation aliénée & ingérable ne sera à découvrir que par vous !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Commenté en France le 28 mai 2014

La vie d'une femme stressée poussée aux confins de la folie. On voit non seulement les effets sur la personne mais aussi sur son entourage proche ou non. Un accident qui peu arriver à tout le monde qui fait réfléchir sur notre vie et nos petits ennuis

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D. André

un cas psychiatrique

Commenté en France le 30 juin 2012

Le film est fondé, de façon assez peu fidèle, sur la véritable histoire d'une femme souffrant de dissociation mentale, Chris Costner-Sizemore. Le livre original Les Trois Visages d'Ève avait été publié peu de temps après les faits; Nunnally Johnson, scénariste très réputé à Hollywood à l'époque, mais réalisateur assez terne, s'est chargé d'adapter ce livre. Le cas est bien exposé. Le film vaut ce que vaut le jeu des acteurs, et plus particulièrement ici le jeu de l'actrice principale, Joanne Woodward. La photo, due à Stanley Cortez, n'est pas sans qualité. Uniquement en VOST français.

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Cop

sujet formidable

Commenté en France le 17 septembre 2013

bonjour a tous,

ce dvd et surtout le sujet, est super, il,ne s'agit pas de cinéma ou de science fiction, mais une histoire vraie!
oui, je met facilement une notation de : 5 ETOILES
je le recommande pour ceux et celles qui interviennent ou étudies dans le domaine
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The Three Faces of Eve [Blu-ray]

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Commenté en France le 22 juillet 2015

THE THREE FACES OF EVE [1957] [Blu-ray] [US Import] A Moment Ago She Was the Nicest Girl in Town . . . A Moment from Now She Will Be Anybody’s Pick Up!

Joanne Woodward brought home a Best Actress OSCAR® for her unforgettable portrayal of a woman with multiple personality disorder. Woodward plays Eve White, a troubled housewife who begins seeing a psychiatrist. Under hypnosis, Eve's two additional personalities are revealed: a vamp and an independent sophisticate, but curing her will require a probe into her disturbing past. The film is based on the real-life story of a South Caroline woman who ultimately manifested 22 different personalities over her lifetime.

FILM FACT: Joanne Woodward won the Academy Award® for Best Actress, making her the first actress to win an Oscar for portraying three different personalities [Eve White, Eve Black and Jane]. `The Three Faces of Eve' also became the first film to win the Best Actress Award without getting nominated in another category since Bette Davis won for `Dangerous' in 1935.

Cast: Joanne Woodward, David Wayne, Lee J. Cobb, Edwin Jerome, Alena Murray, Nancy Kulp, Douglas Spencer, Terry Ann Ross, Ken Scott, Mimi Gibson, Vince Edwards (uncredited), Mary Field (uncredited), Richard Garrick (uncredited) and Alistair Cooke [Narrator]

Director: Nunnally Johnson

Producer: Nunnally Johnson

Screenplay: Nunnally Johnson

Composer: Robert Emmett Dolan

Cinematography: Stanley Cortez

Video Resolution: 1080p [Black-and-White]

Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 [CinemaScope]

Audio: English: 1.0 DTS-HD Master Audio Mono, English: 2.0 Dolby Digital and Spanish: 1.0 Dolby Digital Mono

Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish and French

Running Time: 91 minutes

Region: Region A/1

Number of discs: 1

Studio: Fox Searchlight

Andrew's Blu-ray Review: A truly great performance can go a long way toward elevating any film, and in the case of Joanne Woodward's Academy Award® winning turn in 'The Three Faces of Eve,' we actually get three for the price of one. A perfect example of "truth is stranger than fiction," the film takes its cue from a real life instance of multiple personality disorder, chronicling the lofty struggles that come as a result of fractured psyches and lingering childhood trauma. The filmmaking itself doesn't offer too much to get excited about, but the lead actress is mesmerizing to watch, and acclaimed Hollywood screenplay writer Nunnally Johnson does a solid job in the director's chair. It might not quite earn classic status, but all three of Joanne Woodward's distinct personalities easily stand the test of time.

Producer, director and screenwriter Nunnally Johnson had come across Dr. Corbett Thigpen and Dr. Hervey Cleckley's account of the case of South Carolina wife and mother Chris Costner Sizemore while it was still in galleys under the title A Case of Multiple Personality. With the recent success of Shirley Jackson's novel on split personality, “The Bird's Nest,” and news that Kirk Douglas was producing a film version for M-G-M under the title ‘Lizzie,’ and Nunnally Johnson got 20th Century Fox to snap up the film rights. He even met with the doctors and their publisher to discuss giving the book a more commercial title. In fact, it was Johnson who came up with ‘The Three Faces of Eve.’

Based on an actual case study written by psychiatrists Corbett H. Thigpen and Hervey M. Cleckley, the story follows a timid woman, Eve White [Joanne Woodward], who is suffering from memory loss and apparent mood swings. Through the help of Dr. Curtis Luther [Lee J. Cobb], Eve discovers that her recurring blackouts and inexplicable behaviour are actually the result of a rare case of multiple personality disorder. As her wild and flirtatious second persona, Eve Black takes control, Eve White's marriage begins to fall apart and she becomes unfit to take care of her daughter. Determined to sustain some semblance of normalcy, the poor fragmented woman and her physiatrist work hard to handle her unpredictable life, but when a third personality suddenly emerges, any chance at a manageable existence is put into jeopardy.

From the moment we fade in, the filmmakers go out of their way to make sure that the audience is aware of the script's true life inspirations. A formal intro from the film's narrator, Alistair Cooke, goes over the general history of the case and sets the stage for the strange yet mostly factual story to follow. Alistair Cooke continues to offer voice over narration intermittently, helping to clue us in on time shifts and advances in Eve's unfortunate predicament. To this end, the majority of the runtime focuses on therapy sessions between the increasingly tragic patient and her doctor, but there are also a few traditional dramatic beats added here and there to liven things up, including a subplot dealing with Eve's dissolving marriage and the potential romantic exploits of her two other personalities.

Though the core of the narrative is certainly interesting in its own right, especially Joanne Woodward's performance or should I say, performances that really make the picture. As the sweet but submissive Eve White, the actress exudes fragile desperation and dreary vulnerability. All she wants is to be able to take care of her daughter, but her constant blackouts and unpredictable behaviour make it impossible. Shy, reserved, and quiet, she's a likeable character, but it becomes clear that she sadly lacks the strength to really take control. On the other hand, Eve Black is something else entirely. A southern belle seductress, she's everything Eve White isn't. Confident, playful, and sexy, the screen lights up whenever she's around, but her frivolous, selfish, and irresponsible behaviour makes her a poor match for motherhood.

Watching Joanne Woodward segue from personality to personality, almost at the drop of a hat, is simply mesmerising. Though each persona could be interpreted as different facets of the same woman, as Eve White and Eve Black, the actress really does become two distinct roles. Everything from her body language, to her facial expressions, to her voice, to the very look in her eyes, completely changes, and the speed at which the actress is able to transform herself is incredible. Once her third personality manifests, the performance is taken to even greater heights, and once again we are introduced to a new, yet not altogether unfamiliar woman. And while it might be easy for some of these competing psyches to come across as underdeveloped, each piece of Eve's conflicting mind really feels like a whole individual, complete with desires, fears, and motivations all their own. In fact, it's the disparities between all three women's differing goals that fuel most of the film's drama.

Though director Nunnally Johnson and his cinematographer maintain a very competent visual style that takes full advantage of the films CinemaScope frame with wide masters, long takes, and thoughtful lightning designs, the film's overall aesthetic isn't terribly interesting. Likewise, the script's relative faithfulness to the source material can leave the runtime feeling a bit dry and slow during certain stretches, with very standard dramatic detours used to try and spice things up. Eve's husband, played by David Wayne, also seems a little out of place, with the character's constant confusion and anger coming across as a tad over the top. An early, rather disturbing instance of off-screen violence ultimately rings falsely as well, since in retrospect it never really seems like any of Eve's personalities would be capable of such an act. Thankfully, these issues are fairly minor, and the narrative and visuals remain solid throughout. To the director's credit, there's even a particularly striking camera movement in the third act, that's made all the more powerful thanks to its deliberate break from Nunnally Johnson's otherwise subdued style.

'The Three Faces of Eve' is a genuinely remarkable showcase for actress Joanne Woodward. In a trio of roles that all happen to share the same body, the actress gives a memorable and intricately nuanced series of performances. The true life story of one woman's fascinating bout with multiple personality disorder tackles weighty themes dealing with identity, control, and trauma, and while some of the narrative's focus can be a little too clinical, the film is a well-made piece of old fashioned Hollywood melodrama.

To help prepare the audience for the unusual story, Nunnally Johnson wrote an introduction and narration to be delivered by British journalist and television host Alistair Cooke, in his film debut. He had originally planned to have Chris Costner Sizemore interviewed from behind a screen in the film's prologue, but the woman's doctors decided she was not ready for the experience. They also counselled her not to attend the premiere of ‘The Three Faces of Eve.’ In later years, Sizemore would reveal that one reason for that decision was the fact that the original book had exaggerated the success of her treatment. She continued to manifest new personalities after her supposed cure, 22 in all, until the 1970s. She did not see the film until 1974, when she found it moving if highly fictionalised. Chris Costner Sizemore would write the story from her own perspective in two books, “I'm Eve” [1977] and “A Mind of My Own” [1989].

Blu-ray Video Quality – The film is presented in a stunning Black-and-White 1080p encoded image transfer and has a 2.35:1 CinemaScope aspect ratio. It is totally sharp, authentic, and nicely preserved, this is a rather gorgeous awesome video presentation. The print is essentially in pristine shape with no real signs of age or damage. A light layer of fine grain is present throughout, offering a natural, filmic appearance. For the most part, clarity is exceptional, with sharp textures and patterns readily visible in characters' suits and dresses. The filmmakers use a lot of wide shots that fully utilize the CinemaScope frame, and every layer of the image is impeccably rendered with pleasing dimension, revealing lots of detail in background objects. With that said, there are a few shots (usually right before a dissolve or scene transition) that offer a comparatively soft appearance. The greyscale is perfectly balanced with bright but natural whites and deep, inky blacks that don't crush. Beautifully detailed with gorgeous cinematic texture, this is a fantastic video transfer. Though there is some occasional softness here and there, fans of classic black and white films should be very impressed with this authentic and nearly immaculate image.

Blu-ray Audio Quality – The film is provided with a 1.0 DTS-HD Master Audio Mono track. Optional English SDH and Spanish subtitles are also included. Basic but respectful, the mix is free from any major issues. Dialogue is a little thin compared to contemporary releases, but remains clear and clean throughout. Effects work within the single channel of audio is minimal but adequately conveyed. The movie's score becomes integral to the mood, with key cues that are tied to Eve's different personalities, and thankfully the music comes through with pleasing fidelity and decent range. Though some very faint background hissing is apparent in a few scenes, major age related issues like pops and crackle are nowhere to be found. The 1950s mono sound design is nothing to get excited about, but Fox has offered an authentic and clean audio presentation that preserves the filmmakers' original intentions.

Blu-ray Special Features and Extras:

Audio Commentary: Commentary by Film Historian Aubrey Solomon: Aubrey Solomon provides a fairly interesting discussion on the film, and while there are a few pauses here and there, he offers a wide array of production trivia. Details on the adaptation process and differences from the real life case are all shared, along with lots of titbits about casting especially that Judy Garland was the first choice for the lead, and also information about deleted material. Aubrey Solomon even shares a refreshingly humble quote from the film's director assessing his own passable but admittedly unspectacular direction.

Special Feature: Fox Movietone News: Academy Awards® [1958] [480i] [2:22] Presented in standard definition with a 2.0 Dolby Digital sound, this is a vintage promotional news story about the winners of the 1958 Academy Awards® and including Joanne Woodward. We even get to see footage of Joanne Woodward very brief acceptance speech.

Theatrical Trailer [1957] [480i] [2:44] The film's trailer is included, which features a rare on camera appearance by Nunnally Johnson with an on-the-set introduction from the director.

and allowed the actress to tackle three distinct roles in one. While the film's style and script aren't quite as memorable, the movie's real life tale of multiple personality disorder is certainly fascinating in its own right. On the technical front, Fox has provided an exceptional video transfer and a great, faithful audio mix. We don't get a whole lot in the way of supplements, but the included commentary is definitely worth a listen. The film isn't exactly a classic, but it's a well-made Hollywood drama with a remarkable leading performance. Ever since I saw the film in the cinema, I thought Joanne Woodward was absolutely stunning and gave a magical performance and couldn't believe an actor of her calibre could perform so many characters with great ease and ever since I fell in love with this film and had always said I would get this on the inferior NTSC DVD format, well I am glad I didn't plunge in that direction, as the wait was well worth waiting and what I love about this film is that it is character driven and that is why it got so many plaudits and now it has gone pride of place in my Blu-ray Collection. Highly Recommended!

Andrew C. Miller – Your Ultimate No.1 Film Fan
Le Cinema Paradiso
WARE, United Kingdom

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Commenté aux États-Unis le 26 août 2022

THE THREE FACES OF EVE is a fascinating true-story about a young housewife and mother suffering from Multiple Personality Disorder.

I've owned this movie for about four years now but just barely got around to watching it... and what a film it was! After viewing Ms. Woodward's performance it's no surprise to me that she won not only an Oscar but a Golden Globe too for portrayal of three separate young ladies who inhabit the same body.

From the meek and downtrodden Eve White, to the flirty and coquettish Eve Black, and finally the ever practical and down to earth Jane, each personality was played to utter perfection. Even without being told I would have no doubt who was in charge at any given time just by the unique personalities of these three vastly different women.

I highly doubt the doctor's treatment would be the same today, but this was one of the first documented cases of its kind and I do believe he wanted and tried to do the best he could under the circumstances. All in all it was a truly intriguing story that was made all the more engrossing since it was based off the real life of a South Carolina woman who is said to have had 22 different personalities in her lifetime.

As for the quality of the film itself, I watched the 2013 blu-ray edition and it was smooth and sleek with no grainy images whatsoever. I can only imagine what it would look like almost ten years later, especially if it were upgraded into 4k or possibly even color. It's really just an outstanding piece of cinema and one I very highly recommend!

I only wish there were more special features with this blu-ray than there are. Besides commentary there's only about five minutes of bonus material which include the Theatrical Trailer (2:44) and Fox Movietone News (2:22)... Below are some other facts and information about the movie that I compiled from the back of the case or gathered from other sources.

Release Year: 1957
Director: Nunnally Johnson
Running Time: 1 hour 31 minutes
Image: Black & White
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Rating: NR - Not Rated
Awards: 3 Wins & 1 Nomination

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