Reviews by fernando

(OK) De Mille in his more moralist, social reflexion driven, paralell to some of Griffith's best films, first phase. Hatton makes credible his extreme character...

(YT) Great character Oblomov, and his idelness against live and love. His opossite friend Stoltz is the opossite excessive friend or relative everybody has. There´s that russian universaluty of best russian literature reaching flms...

(OK) Effective, hard, violent in a way, depiction of a time, there are good an evil adults, but boys are always forgivable...no sex but a bit of impossible romance...

(OK) One of the best Taverniers, history approached in whimsical, suggestive, picaresque, scenes, as the son of the regent first noght orgams on his sheets; two mascarades in palace, the vital Pontcallec (Marielle) in each of his scenes...

(OK) Can't make an complete statement on this not knowing the long parts in Africa, with Swanson as a madame in the brothel. The log scens in the castlel are too frivolous, but ends excellent in the raging and whpiping of Gloria by the queen...

(OK) Dreyer is so mature here. Dame Margarett is so moving whan became aware of the young pair martyrdom, that dies for them poetically. Everyboy is good in the end, in the deep inner soul here.

(OK) Best of Dwan's western, action condensed (almost in real time), with moral impact on hipocresy and awakening to a complex charater as Payne. The character of the whore (Doloeres Moran) is great...

(OK) Mmhh, Clair is so aged in a second view. There´s no popular charm here, vcharacters are not redeemed firm its imposed wildness, are non moral, non intelligent. Just elegance of sets and coherence of music...

(OK) fregonese got his 'Pampa bárbara' in Hollywood, thanks to Val Lewton. Simpe, directo and stylish same time; the half an hour attack on the church has everything effective in western history. Tha last minute cavalry rescue is even justified!

(OK) Rare and excellent, and in a way representative of Laurel and Hardy possibilities. Is there the archeology of Marily'ns great blowing of dress scene in "7 year itch"? Here Laurel has no lingerie and two women dismay, jaja