Fieber im Blut (1961)

Fieber im Blut: Directed by Elia Kazan. With Natalie Wood, Pat Hingle, Audrey Christie, Barbara Loden. A fragile Kansas girl’s love for a handsome young man from the town’s most powerful family drives her to heartbreak and madness.

“How poignant this movie is….showing us young love between Deanie and Bud. All the time, you just know that the parents are setting them up for disaster. I first saw this film when I was a young woman of 12 in 1967 and it impressed me so much how two people could be in love, but it could never be. I cried and cried, thinking how sad this was. Now, as a grown woman, watching it, I still felt the same. I still cried after watching it the other night. I always loved Natalie Wood and felt that there was a real chemistry between she and Warren Beatty. (I think their real-life affair during this film contributed to the sparks that fly in this movies). Also, the time period added alot symbolically to the film: The care-free Roaring Twenties which eventually led to the harsh reality of the Depression. Brilliant work of Elia Kazan!!!”