The Devil Is a Woman [VHS]
One of the most sophisticated films in the Josef von Sternberg-Marlene Dietrich canon,The Devil Is a Womanis an alluring romance about a cold-hearted temptress who destroys the lives of two best friends (Cesar Romero and Lionel Atwill) during the Spanish revolution. What do you expect? It's carnival week in the port town of Seville. Supposedly this film was Dietrich's personal favorite because of the way it captured her beauty. Interestingly, the script was by John Dos Passos and the same source material was used as the inspiration for Luis Buñuel'sThat Obscure Object of Desire.--Bill Desowitz