George Cukor - 1940 ; after quite a gap, another viewing
It would be difficult to really say there is anything formally exciting about Cukor's direction. On a craftmanship basis, we can again identify medium shots then moves in to closer ones.
The narrative worlds here seem to be of some interest. Cukor creates a world, a place of habitation, and the narrative isn't really a single line driving forward, but the inferences made out, quite naturally, of this world.
Ssome interesting thematic moves are introduced, if for various reasons not fully developed. The Stewart character's mixture of class resentment, and fascination, could give us a subtext. As could the suggestions of wifeswapping among the monied (always apt to put in mind that part of the 'Manifesto'...
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