Reviews by fernando

Masterpiece. When movies were so pure in dual emotions and in one of its pioneers reflections. Yes, it is square and silly when Peggy becomes Patricia Pepoire; but how energy, behind the scenes charm (the comic parade that intrudes in the drama is great)...

Still rediscovering Gordon Douglas an how he captured as an old man and in mainstream films, 60s spirit. Sinatra ok as always and charming Jill St. John helping him to be a rude sharp funny sex interruptus good guy.

Eleanor at her beautiest. Flynn a fine comedy actor impersonating Bogart in a scene. Well paced, but too foolish and naif most of the time.

Great Frankenheimer. Melodrama with a mood, a strange topic (¡parachutes for fun!), a big irony: the spectacular foreigners doesn't change the smalltowners lives, it is the other way. The middle of the film, the tense sexy night, !is so well narrated and edited!. Ant the better symbolic ejaculation in movies: the long, huge spermic withe parachute splashed by Lancaster in front of the thirsty hot ladies.

Another surprise from Duvivier. Fast paced, it creates its own mood in wich everything could ocuur in one day and one night. Miliza Korjus, ¿why you dissapeared from movies?

Taylor lousy republican and not so lousy actor in this idiotic ideologic plot of commies in England. Taylor forced to be childish half the film, intelligent the other half.

Some nice touches and sparkling remarks by Tomlin. Well structured in one day with an abortion involved and done. Maturity.

Ánuthing with Minnelli, Taylor and Burton has to be powerfull and elegant. Even this drama of naif beatnicks (Bronson a beatnick!!) and overconscious reverend Burton. He might well be continued in Huston's "Night of the iguana".

As Vanessa dances herself all through the film, there´s no the glory of dnace; but extravagance and revolutionary elan is quite in Moscoy and USA. Paris, England and Blue Coast is ligthness paving its way to tragedy.

A rediscovery. Audacious but not scandalizing Aldrich on lesbian intrigue. Beryl is a great character and her swashbuckling dialogues with Coral Browne nad her colleagues are excellent. Aldrich is amused.