Reviews by fernando

I like the dirty imperfect director´s cut. It takes time, for Ferrara and for the espectator, to get inside Depardieu. Firts part is almost descriptive of the scandal; but then, discussing with Bisset (there´s a sort of impro in the acting and some texts), and int the final secen with the hispanic girl, yoo can have a taste pf why Devereaux is what he is. A pity, the script had to restrain form some details in order to avoid the explicit realtion with the real scandal.

Ritt visits Paris with old cliches and some other in the making (free black people, jazz joints, gipsy addicts as Serge Reggiani etc.). Newman and Woodward tastes somo erotism new daring to USA butaged to France. Louis Armstrong pays a visit.

Cool, ordinary locations and interiors (a third of the film occurs in trailers), crookes good ones and nice bad ones, nice scheming Fleming, excellent sidekick Richard Erdman. No doubt Parrish has a point of view.

Long,it has problems of rythm, some dialogues are to naif y pevisible for a 'jamesbondian' sort of film; but wonderful climbing landscapes in Monument Valley and Switzerland Alps.

Forget the trite sperpentic story of incest, pyromania, young aspirants in Hollywood, and arrogance in Croneneberg point of view: the details and cast are worth the film. Julianne is excellent, Mia too, Pattinson cool, Cusack ok and the monster kids talking bullshit is the best joke.

As always in Loach, the good hearted leftish side of everything,but good dialogues with the stubborn intelligent priest (great actor Jim Norton).

Amalric exercises in tradition and that´s all. The 'amour fou' a la Truffaut meets Simenon, with a touch of Chabrol. The heart is in some details (the red towell, telling him that she is available) and some outbursts of character afeter the cold depiction of crime.

A must, the 124min, copy, expanding on explaanatiosn on bullfighting and wandering of Stack thorugh landscape. Honets in its candid approoach to some themes, and macho code of honour.

Better tha I remenber. Ingrid is exhilarating, going from histeric woman to schemig witch, without losing charm. Even Cooper smelts beside her. Great character, Cupidon, cliaming for his dignity and being so servant.

Agile, clever in spite of comic mishappens (Russell is funny posing as a matron and jelous of Binnie Barnes). It makes tolerable something as dry as war codes.