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I've heard about this movie for probably about a quarter of a century, and I'm glad I finally saw it. The title takes on a rather different meaning once you've seen the movie, but there is also a song called Magnificent Obsession that was recorded by Nat King Cole in 1958. I don't know if the...

Yes, that's the movie. I like the homage to Sirk that director Todd Haynes created in the 2002 movie Far From Heaven.

It's a challenge for me to try to rate Magnificent Obsession, since its unreality is simultaneously its greatest weakness and its greatest strength. But overall I have a weak spot for movies like this that are almost "so bad they are good," and so my personal rating is a B+. Interesting that...

It was good to read in the booklet essay by Geoffrey O'Brien that comes with this Criterion set that director Douglas Sirk himself said: "This is a damned crazy story if there ever was one." Sirk is also quoted as saying "The angles are the director's thoughts. The lighting is his philosophy."...

Although I've never seen Magnificent Obsession before, I picked it up at the recent sale price of $20. It's really two movies for the price of one, since it includes the 1935 version of the story on a separate disc. I've seen two Douglas Sirk movies previously that I enjoyed—All That Heaven...