Reviews by fernando

(OK) De Mille in 1918 has devoloped his language and style as storngly as Griffith; the glamour came a bit later. Sober in romance and drama, a bit the romantic comedy side...

(OK) Barnett and his tender, humorous, bizarre, surprisin approach to the most serious social subjets, here war and patriotism, and intolerance to the german enemy.

(OK) Cinema novo, specially Glauber Rocha treated this as 'nouvelle vague' heores treated some of the best french cinema before them; and there are some of the smae topics and races of style, even a poetry of sertao subversion...

(OK) Good ol' Dmytrick with this psucho thriller, straigt, hard, with great Newton that survives heavy dialogues with Scotland Yard's detective...

(OK) Leisen here is a mixture of Cukor, Minnelli and freudian Hitchcock. His stylish choreographical Techncolos dreams are unique. Ginger was not the best choice but al least dances when its needed...

(OK) Lucas's wonderful years´s 'vitelloni', all summed in one night woth a twist. It is Dreyfuss who travels and not his encouraging friend. Each one of the 4 male characters live his own light nghtmare...

(OK) Nice, well constructed, simple in its twists Carriere scenario for a story so interesting that the judge narrates it. Best things are undesrtated or explained by Baye and Depardieu when the judge asks for an explanation. Excellent setting.

(OK) In spite of a bad copy, great atmosphere of inner hatred and contras with the busy street and the protagonist's bar...Kinf of absurdity makes this not as realistic as it pretends to be...

(OK) New and strange background -politics and unions- background for a french 'it' girl (even it is interesting but unglamoruous Morlay). ;ore than that background, the musical and dance world is better depicted. Great edition

(OK) Cayatte, good storyteller and good director for heavy topics that even justifies preaching (here against death sentences)...