Its summer time so why not go on a road trip? Well that is of course if you want to spend the whole time bickering and trying to work out why your relationship slowly unraveling; Two for the Road is this weeks film as well as an in-depth look at why relationships fail.
From Masters of Cinema:
One of the great fims by Stanley Donen (Singin' in the Rain, Charade) after the studio era had come to a close, Two for the Road was a break-off with the old system, one which allowed Donen to further stretch his art, aided by screenwriter Frederic Raphael (Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut), in this tale of a couple voluntarily stretching themselves through the long period of their relationship.
Portrayed in fragments that span the couple's time together in marriage, Two for the Road runs
the course of a relationship (between Audrey Hepburn and Albert Finney)
that finds a circumstantial come-together escalate into newlywed-status
and, through a series of travails, into the serious situation of
bearing a daughter. The disturbance of marriage, and/or life, is
chronicled from here on.
After so many studio-system smash-hits, Two for the Road marked a reckoning for director Donen — which went on to influence directors like Jacques Rivette for its portrayal of a couple in interaction and its keen sense of duration across the length of their time together.
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