Reviews by fernando

There´s a peculiar she and a generic she (la somme de toutes les vulnerabilités d'une femme avec pouvoir) in this ambitious thriller. Huppert is convincing because she is a bit 'elle'.

The dog work, or the dog training by humans is the best of the film. I don't like the manipulative, pretentious, 'it's the dog's feeling' suppositions.

Xavier and his unnerdy, prolific, avoiding stylization, not too efectist this time, not too naturalistic, kind of elyptical approach to a good story of gay love and rural prejudice.

(Lucky it comes in the smae edition of "Le planet sauvage"). More than in 'Le planet', Laloux stops to astonished before Topor's images; even the plot of inasion of giant snails is very cinetic.

Problems with rythm and animation itself, but Topor's images and imaginerie is just great. He anticipates Moebious and Jodorowsky,

Edwards finding his style and punch. The arribist fury of Curtis is a bit washed up; but you can find something of it, maybe more in Kathryn Grant than in Cory/Curtis himself.

Guilty me to forget Jarmush. I've just seen this romantic (in a historic way becuase Marlowe and a friend of Byron are dying in Tangier), subtle, tender, amusing, very well located in Detroit, gem.

Fisher just waitng to do what he liked and in what he excelled. The imported noir style inspired him nothing. Even having Godard and good actor William Sylvester.

A poor Bava, in plot, acting and direction. Even the killings lack inspiration. Isa Miranda has some dignity, Auger none.

Burton makes classic texts sounds ok. March is the best of Hollywood school and is excellent confornting, drunken, barbaric and tongue in cheek the pretentious Burton. A pitty that the homo tones are washed up.