FILM 1643: PANDORA AND THE FLYING
DUTCHMAN
TRIVIA: Photographed in the English
Technicolor process by Jack Cardiff, this film is considered one of the most
beautiful colour films ever made.
The first feature film in color for
Ava Gardner.
Esperanza, the name of the fishing
village, is the Spanish for 'hope' which was the only thing left after Pandora
opened her box in the Greek myth
Van der Zee means "of the
sea" in Dutch.
The famous poet Dylan Thomas
visited the set and is believed to have appeared as an extra, being briefly
visible in the background in one scene.
On the beach, around 0:05:40,
Geoffrey says aloud to himself, "'The measure of love is what one is
willing to give up for it.' Who said that?" Though the quotation comes up
a couple of times more, the question of who said it is never answered. The
answer is, none other than Albert Lewin himself, the writer of the story and
the screenplay and the director.
Included among the "1001 Movies
You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider.
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