“Erich von Stroheim liked to refer to the traduced and truncated version of Foolish Wives as ‘the skeleton of my dead child.’ Looking at the film today, it’s plain to see there’s still plenty of meat on those bones.”
Read my review of Foolish Wives, Erich von Stroheim’s first mangled masterpiece, out now on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber, only at Slant Magazine.
About Budd Wilkins
Budd Wilkins is a writer, film critic and instructor. He is a Staff Critic for Slant Magazine, and his work has also appeared in the Nordic Issue of Acidemic Journal of Film and Media. He is currently writing a chapter for an anthology on international horror directors to be published by Intellect Press and distributed by University of Chicago Press. Mr. Wilkins was born and raised in Hollywood, Florida. He attended Penn State for several years before moving to North Carolina in 1994, where he earned his Bachelor's in Religious Studies and a Master's in Liberal Studies with a concentration in Film Studies from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. His primary focus is film history, film literacy and criticism, with the goal of bringing obscure, foreign and films that are labeled "difficult" to the attention of film aficionados of all kinds. Other interests and focus of critique include comparative religion, black humor, 19th century European literature, horror and graphic novels.
Mr Wilkins lives in Greensboro, North Carolina with his wife, Tina.
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“Erich von Stroheim liked to refer to the traduced and truncated version of Foolish Wives as ‘the skeleton of my dead child.’ Looking at the film today, it’s plain to see there’s still plenty of meat on those bones.”
Budd Wilkins At The Show 