Reviews by fernando

I love the naiveté of this film because it touches everything (suicide, alcohol, gossio, stupidity of patriotism and war) with such lightness and tenderness. Scott is too old for her role, but guides Holden ok.

A pitty Cline is a poor director and the argument is mediocre; but Fileds ant the cast is excellent (Merkel, Ralph,and especially Pangborn), great details on alcohol and the beligerant daughter.

Small film, small argument. It's not noir because direction and lightning are too square; and the killing of the mayor Hinds in the hands of the false heroe is too much too take it seriously. Heflin is always ok

Eloquent but delicate; little gestures, strong speech softly rendered,it takes time (ante the entrance of Ruth Gordon) to catch that themes of the play and film are the doubt (almost rejection) of ambition of power, and some sense of doom and fatality.

So well narrated, so equilibrated, so harmonious, this is 1930's prewar "Little women" plus John Garfield. Rains excellent as grumpy perfectionist father. A pkitty that the Lané's are just regular actresses.

Pacino is excellent and entertairning, he´s ahead of the corny 'irresponsaible rockstar farher meets unhealthy and unwealthy son' plot. Benning too.

The most stagey De Mille, mostly in its first british part. It cames better with Lupe 'Naturich' Vlez but I really cann't support the compassionate paternalist ridicule misconception of indians. There´s no abnegation.there´s foolishness in Lupe's suicide and Baxter decision.

Poor comedy,but the terror fantastic final sequences, with the frozen 'mogli' coming to life, have some 'adefesiera' quality. Toto is always in high clue.

Arty in its dreamy visual effects, in Pieyre de Mandargues Faithfull's voice in off, in Cardiff photo, in Heildelber's views, in sex scenes. Typical french sad ending.

Borzage at his best. Poetic as in silent movies, the precarious life (no house, no money, no bags, no commitments but love) makes meaningful the smallest detail, even a flower (there´s one, robbed form Connoly). Young and Tracey looking at heaven crossed by birds, through a 'windoy' in the roof, is great.