Foolish Wives (Blu-ray)
November 7, 2013
These days, Erich von Stroheim is likely best remembered for his role as Max von Mayerling in Billy Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard (1950). However, during the silent era he was considered one of the mediums greatest directors, making films that presented cynical and romantic views of human nature. Such is the case with 1922’s Foolish Wives; a wonderful study of emotional manipulation, in which von Stroheim
