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Drifting Clouds Cinema: ‘Top 10 Peculiar Pairings’

19.07.2016 , James , Drifting Clouds Cinema Blog

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This list came about because I was piqued by the pairing of Ingrid Thulin and Robert Mitchum in Sheldon Reynolds’ Foreign Intrigue. We associate them with different cinematic cultures – Thulin with European arthouse, Mitchum with classical Hollywood. This differential creates a gap in our mind, and this gap creates an effect that is, well, peculiar. It adds to cinema’s dream-like quality: a peculiar pairing is at once strange and familiar.

Thanks to everyone who suggested titles for this.

Robert Mitchum and Ingrid Thulin. Foreign Intrigue (Sheldon Reynolds, 1956).

Robert Mitchum and Ingrid Thulin. Foreign Intrigue (Sheldon Reynolds, 1956).

Gene Kelly and Francoise Dorleac. The Youngs Girls Of Rochefort (Jacques Demy, 1967). @SkotArmstong suggested this one.

Gene Kelly and Francoise Dorleac. The Youngs Girls Of Rochefort (Jacques Demy, 1967). @SkotArmstong suggested this one.

Lee Marvin and Roger Moore. Shout At The Devil (Richard R. Hunt, 1973). Nominated by @harlegator68.

Lee Marvin and Roger Moore. Shout At The Devil (Richard R. Hunt, 1973). Nominated by @harlegator68.

Bjork and Catherine Deneuve. Dancer In The Dark (Lars Von Trier, 2000). Suggested by @jhpcine.

Bjork and Catherine Deneuve. Dancer In The Dark (Lars Von Trier, 2000). Suggested by @jhpcine.

Marcello Mastroianni and Jack Lemmon. Macaroni (Etorre Scola, 1985). Thanks again to @jhpcine.

Marcello Mastroianni and Jack Lemmon. Macaroni (Etorre Scola, 1985). Thanks again to @jhpcine.

Bernard Fresson and Gene Hackman. French Connection II (John Frankenheimer, 1975). Suggested by @HobanPat.

Bernard Fresson and Gene Hackman. French Connection II (John Frankenheimer, 1975). Suggested by @HobanPat.

John Hurt & Jason Priesley. Love And Death On Long Island (Richard Kwietniowski, 1997). Nominated by @lintlvieno.

John Hurt & Jason Priesley. Love And Death On Long Island (Richard Kwietniowski, 1997). Nominated by @lintlvieno.

Melvyn Douglas and Roman Polanski. The Tenant (Polanski, 1976). Thanks to @GloriaBB2.

Melvyn Douglas and Roman Polanski. The Tenant (Polanski, 1976). Thanks to @GloriaBB2.

Tony Curtis and Monica Vitti. The Chastity Belt (Pasquale Festa Campanile, 1967). Suggested by @SkotArmstrong.

Tony Curtis and Monica Vitti. The Chastity Belt (Pasquale Festa Campanile, 1967). Suggested by @SkotArmstrong.

Otto Sander & Mikhail Gorbachev. Far Away So Close (Wim Wenders, 1993). Nominated by @broomfieldhill.

Otto Sander & Mikhail Gorbachev. Far Away So Close (Wim Wenders, 1993). Nominated by @broomfieldhill.

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