Masters of Cinema Cast – Episode 41 – Two for the Road

Summary: It's summer time so why not go on a road trip? Well unless of course you want to spend the whole time bickering and trying to work out why your relationship slowly unraveling; Stanley Donen's Two for the Road is this week's film as well as an in-depth look at how relationships fail. From <a href="https://www.eurekavideo.co.uk/moc/two-road" target="_blank">Masters of Cinema</a>: One of the great fims by Stanley Donen (Singin' in the Rain, Charade) after the studio era had come to a close, Two for the Road was a break-off with the old system, one which allowed Donen to further stretch his art, aided by screenwriter Frederic Raphael (Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut), in this tale of a couple voluntarily stretching themselves through the long period of their relationship. Portrayed in fragments that span the couple's time together in marriage, Two for the Road runs the course of a relationship (between Audrey Hepburn and Albert Finney) that finds a circumstantial come-together escalate into newlywed-status and, through a series of travails, into the serious situation of bearing a daughter. The disturbance of marriage, and/or life, is chronicled from here on. After so many studio-system smash-hits, Two for the Road marked a reckoning for director Donen — which went on to influence directors like Jacques Rivette for its portrayal of a couple in interaction and its keen sense of duration across the length of their time together. <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00Q8NEC5W/?tag=criter-21" target="_blank"></a> Subscription options: Subscribe to the main CriterionCast <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/thecriterioncast" target="_blank">RSS feed</a> (or in <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/criterioncast-master-audio/id334179090" target="_blank">iTunes</a>) to get all of the shows here on the site. Subscribe directly to the Masters Of Cinema Cast <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/MastersOfCinemaCast" target="_blank">RSS feed</a> (or in <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/masters-of-cinema-cast/id625758328" target="_blank">iTunes</a>) to just get this show. Episode Credits: Masters Of Cinema Cast (<a href="https://twitter.com/moc_cast" target="_blank">Twitter</a> / <a href="http://moccast.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Website</a> / <a href="http://instagram.com/mastersofcinemacast" target="_blank">Instagram</a> / <a href="http://moccast.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Tumblr</a> / <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MoCCast" target="_blank">Facebook</a>) Joakim Thiesen (<a href="https://twitter.com/thjoa" target="_blank">Twitter</a>) Tom Jennings (<a href="http://24framescast.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Twitter</a> / <a href="https://twitter.com/24framescast" target="_blank">Website</a>)