Four Sided Triangle (1953)
A young man, in love with a woman who can never be his, discovers a way to fulfil his dreams. In their childhood the three were the best of friends, the perfect triangle. But years later when Lena returns to her sleepy home the tone of the relationship changes and it is Robin she loves. Bill has discovered a method of duplication and decides to make an exact replica of the woman he cannot have... .with disastrous consequences for them all.
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At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.
The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful
By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.
The premise is, of course, a couple of boyhood friends who have always been rivals for a cute girl, Lena. Robin is the one that always seems to ace out the other guy. But their friendship continues as they both seek out careers as scientists. When the threesome come together, the boys have been putting together quite the machine in an old barn where they used to put on plays (Mickey Rooney, are you listening). Anyway, they have made a great discovery. By boiling water in big flasks and using an oscilloscope, they have mastered duplicating any object they wish. Both of them continue to lust after Lena. After selling out to the government which will probably use it to mass produce atomic bombs, Robin announces he and the girl are going to get married. Of course, his rival is devastated. So what do you do when can't get the girl. You talk her into being duplicated. Anyway, the morality of such a move is certainly questionable, but the practicality of it is beyond belief. The one question to ask is "If the two women, one original and the other a clone, are exact duplicate, well.....think about it. Hammer films made this early flick and it's worth a look, but don't think too much.
I enjoyed seeing this 1952 film which was intelligently acted & directed.I had to remember my school physics where the Law of conservation of matter states that "Matter can be neither created nor destroyed but it can be converted into another form".I would like to have learnt a bit more about the physics of transponders in 1952 before cloning had been invented.Remember "Dolly" the sheep which hit the news headlines a few years ago?This was an enjoyable maiden effort by Hammer Films and I was glad I could see it (for the first time) at 71 years of age without other operators buying up the rights and expecting viewers to register via YT to see the film.I rated it 7/10.
FOUR SIDE TRIANGLE is an early science fiction film from Hammer Films, who later in the decade would become renowned for their full-blooded horror outings. The storyline is about a love triangle between two guys and the girl they both love; when she chooses one over the other, the spurned rival turns to cloning in order to bring his dreams to life.The plot is an intriguing one and it's difficult to dislike a fine-looking Terence Fisher film, but it's safe to say that FOUR SIDED TRIANGLE is very much a lesser piece of work. The science fiction elements are kept to a minimum throughout, which is a pity because with the scientific paraphernalia this sometimes brings to mind FRANKENSTEIN themes - the whole 'playing God' scenario for instance. At other times the whole thing seems like a dry-run for THE FLY.Sadly, this turns into nothing more than a stilted melodrama in which doomed romance and much hand-wringing are the order of the day. The cast are fine, but it's Paul Tabori's and Fisher's script that lets this one down; it consistently fails to hit the right notes, and feels dull as a result.
This old black and white movie is a very boring, and very solemn piece of science fiction about a scientist who when his best friend gets the girl he loves decides to build a life size replica of her. it might have been more tolerant as a comedy. That's all i have to say on the movie. God, this is really annoying having to write 10 lines about a movie, when I don't have that much too say about it, particularly when it's over 30 years (probaby) since i saw the thing. Do you really think i have nothing better to do with my time than write long reviews about movies. This is really annoying me. I'm reminded of episodes in buffy about some nerds who built a robot replica of buffy. That was much better than this.