Two for the Seesaw

1962 · 119 min · EN · NR · 6.2 (32 votes)

Dir. Robert Wise · Starring Robert Mitchum, Shirley MacLaine, Edmon Ryan, Elisabeth Fraser, Eddie Firestone, Billy Gray · Music André Previn

“A square from Nebraska? An off-beatnik from Greenwich Village? It just didn't figure ... that they would ... that they could ... that they did!”

Romance

Jerry Ryan wanders aimlessly around New York after giving up his Nebraskan law practice. His wife asks for a divorce. He meets Gittel, a struggling dancer from Greenwich Village and they try to sort out their lives. An extended conversation piece with a static camera, but reflects the moral climate of the time.

VIBE

A quiet, talky romance that feels like eavesdropping on two souls navigating the complexities of love and loneliness in a bustling city. It's a thoughtful, melancholic character study that lingers long after the credits roll.

melancholicintrospectivewistfulromanticslow-burndialogue-heavystageyblack-and-white dramacharacter studylovelonelinessurban isolationsecond chances

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