The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936)
The Story of Louis Pasteur is like Marty: If the movie didn’t win Oscars, it wouldn’t be that bad. Since it did win Oscars—screenplay and Paul Muni’s only Best Actor award—I expected it to be good. I think Paul Muni’s a wonderful actor, but he didn’t deserve even a nomination for this movie.
The story is compelling to modern audiences, and since Paul’s hair and makeup was created to look very much like Louis Pasteur, people were swept away. I think it was a case of “Daniel Day-Lewis-itis” and Paul was given an Oscar because of his beard. The film chronicles Pasteur’s push for proving that germs exist and cause disease and infection. The opening of the film shows a doctor dropping his instruments on the ground, picking them up and putting them back in his bag, with the implication that he’ll be using them without sterilization. Before Pasteur, doctors didn’t wash their hands or their instruments, and they didn’t believe in germs. It’s a great beginning, effectively drawing the audience in, but the rest of the film doesn’t live up to the hype.
If you’re passionate about the subject, you’ll probably like this movie. I just thought it was going to a masterpiece, so I was disappointed. I’m passionate about Paul Muni, so I’ll stick with I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang, which he should have won his Oscar for.
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The story is compelling to modern audiences, and since Paul’s hair and makeup was created to look very much like Louis Pasteur, people were swept away. I think it was a case of “Daniel Day-Lewis-itis” and Paul was given an Oscar because of his beard. The film chronicles Pasteur’s push for proving that germs exist and cause disease and infection. The opening of the film shows a doctor dropping his instruments on the ground, picking them up and putting them back in his bag, with the implication that he’ll be using them without sterilization. Before Pasteur, doctors didn’t wash their hands or their instruments, and they didn’t believe in germs. It’s a great beginning, effectively drawing the audience in, but the rest of the film doesn’t live up to the hype.
If you’re passionate about the subject, you’ll probably like this movie. I just thought it was going to a masterpiece, so I was disappointed. I’m passionate about Paul Muni, so I’ll stick with I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang, which he should have won his Oscar for.
Want to watch it? Click here to see it on ok.ru. And thanks "Meringue in Sugartown USA" for posting!
More Paul Muni movies here!