Reviews by fernando

I understand why Austin Powers loves and imitates this. Flint/Cobunr is sexy, free inspired, egotistical, still a macho in a world populated by scheming beautiful girls. Great Jerry Goldsmith score.

Slow pace and too long routines for moments, but it has other great 'reduction to absurd', naif provocative gags (insinuations of a erotic symbolic world for children with geishas). Literal japanese abstraction, with paternal feelings.

License to straight fantasy, in contrast to first part in Edimburgh. It lacks of tthe rythm and energy of the classic adventure, but the set design, the FX and acting by Mason, pretty Dahl, are worth the film.

In spite of some terrible 'deep and solemm' close ups confronting the atomic apocalypse, Kramer never loses control. I like everything about Ava, the romantic getaway to the trout season, the scenes in the submarine outside San Francisco.

Gable smashes Lancaster, his scenes alone are the best. He is always, in charácter and natural acting, one step before Burt.Dont' like too much the macho idea of glory, but dialogues are ok.

Some noirish feeling, elegant Borchers, Flynn tough and ok,good dramatic possibilities with the woman reappeared form the death (before Vertigo); but the amnesia intrigue is so poor.

Maybe the best Losey. It's beyond scheme and illustration, beyonn it's theatrical source even it is respectful of dramatic scenic unities (but I love how it embraces illustrative image,still photos, that are not flasjback but thesis, filosophical points). Courtenay is wonderful, Bograde is sutterin and you feel it, because he is so conscious of what is happening: war is not a materr of fighting the enemy, is a matter of fightinf yourself.

Life's a tale told by fools. Maybe the best by Dumont becuase there´s an intrigue, a plot, plantings, surprises and, yes, that passionate embracing of life from the poor devils mind, that exceeds any kind of filosophy. In the end I didn´t know to cry or laugh and the police officer had the same dilemma.

Too 'clicheesque', Boyer as a spaniard is a 100% french. In spite of that there's a noir romantic feeling thanks to wonderful Bacall. Paxinou is ok.Lorre repeats.

Comencini knows everything about children (I've read his statements on this films in Jean Gili's book on him). Great little scene the one in the boat where Andrea 'fonds' his lost mother in his little brother.You laugh (with the racist 'blague') and cry without being pushed to do so. Great film about kids not for them.