Written on the Wind

"A perverse and wickedly funny melodrama in which you can find the seeds of Dallas, Dynasty, and all the other prime-time soaps."

"Stack and Malone... deliver their sometimes clumsy lines with bravado, bringing an ironic inflection to the script."

"Sirk’s most full-blossomed achievement..."

"The acting is dynamite, the melodrama is compulsive, the photography, lighting, and design share a bold disregard for realism."

"Unflinching in its often ugly revelation of character and consequence, it's an intense and powerful film..."

"One of the most remarkable and unaccountable films ever made in Hollywood..."

"The ultimate in lush melodrama... and one of the most notable critiques of the American family ever made."

"Tiptop scripting from the Robert Wilder novel (and) dramatically deft direction by Douglas Sirk..."