{"id":6383,"date":"2016-05-05T01:06:03","date_gmt":"2016-05-05T00:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/?p=6383"},"modified":"2016-05-05T01:06:03","modified_gmt":"2016-05-05T00:06:03","slug":"that-most-important-thing-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2016\/05\/05\/that-most-important-thing-love\/","title":{"rendered":"That Most Important Thing: Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As part of our focus on Polish director <a href=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/themes.html\" target=\"_blank\">Andrzej &#379;u&#322;awski<\/a>, we take an illustrated look at his dark and moody drama <i>The Most Important Thing: Love<\/i>. Based on the novel <i>La Nuit am&#233;ricaine<\/i>  by Christopher Frank, the story revolves around the passionate love affair between struggling actress  Nadine (Romy Schneider), who earns her money starring in cheap soft-core movies, and Servais Mont, a photographer (Fabio Testi) determined to help her get her career back.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Most-Important-Things_1.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[6383]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Most-Important-Things_1.jpg?resize=474%2C613\" alt=\"Most Important Things_1\" width=\"474\" height=\"613\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-6384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Most-Important-Things_1.jpg?resize=594%2C768 594w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Most-Important-Things_1.jpg?resize=300%2C388 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Most-Important-Things_1.jpg?w=800 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a>\n<figure id=\"attachment_56385\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56385\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Most-Important-Things_2.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[6383]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Most-Important-Things_2.jpg?resize=474%2C613\" alt=\"Most Important Things_2\" width=\"474\" height=\"613\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-6385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Most-Important-Things_2.jpg?resize=594%2C768 594w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Most-Important-Things_2.jpg?resize=300%2C388 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Most-Important-Things_2.jpg?w=800 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-56385\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Comic Strip Review by Daniel Fish<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"info\">More information on Daniel Fish can be found on his <A HREF=\"http:\/\/fish1000.blogspot.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/A>.<\/div>\n<div id=\"expander\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of our focus on Polish director Andrzej &#379;u&#322;awski, we take an illustrated look at his dark and moody 1975 drama.<br \/>\n<i><b>Comic Strip Review by Daniel Fish<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[11,12],"tags":[1320,187,86,189],"class_list":["post-6383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-check-it-out","category-comic-strip-reviews","tag-andrzej-zulawski","tag-french-film","tag-klaus-kinski","tag-romy-schneider"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","wps_subtitle":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/purUP-1EX","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6271,"url":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2016\/03\/17\/the-third-part-of-the-night\/","url_meta":{"origin":6383,"position":0},"title":"The Third Part of the Night","author":"Pam Jahn","date":"March 17, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Andrzej \u017bu\u0142awski\u2019s striking directorial debut is a fascinating journey into a shadowy world where the nightmare of history blends with personal nightmares. 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