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“It seemed to be a rather obscure flick but since it was directed by Neil LaBute, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, it turned out to be a nice surprise and, to be honest, it has been a while since LaBute had delivered something interesting like this, in fact, everything else he had made d” read more
“I already saw this movie but, for some unknown reasons even to me, I decided to watch it again. Basically, the first time around, the main reason why I was interested in this movie was because I have a weak spot for Kate Bosworth and Geoffrey Rush. Anyway, the second time around, since I didn’t re” read more
Notes: Since this movie had a really solid reputation, I was really eager to check it out. Eventually, to be honest, even though I thought it was a decent flick, I can’t say I was really blown away by the whole thing. Indeed, at the end of the day, I though it was pretty good but not really great either. I mean, it was well done but also rather predictable and the story was quite pedestrian. Sure, I have to admit it, Glenn Ford was a fine leading man and, above all, Rita Hayworth looked really stunning as the title character and this movie would be her best-known feature. In my opinion, it is one of these movies which are about above all well known for one specific scene. In this case, it was when Rita Hayworth removed her glove while singing (in fact, she wasn't singing at all and was lip-synching throughout the whole thing which was something she remained bitter about for the rest of her life). The point is that, except for this famous scene, the movie was not really amazing. Anyway, even though I thought it was sligthly disappointing, it is still a decent film noir.
“Since this movie has a really good reputation, I was quite eager to check it out. First of all, I have to confess that I was actually really tired even before I started to watch the damned thing and I actually struggled not to fall asleep through most of the duration. It’s too bad because it was a” read more
Notes: I have to confess that I was actually really tired even before I started to watch the damned thing and I actually struggled not to fall asleep through most of the duration. It’s too bad because it was actually pretty good, in fact, it was easily one of the best movies I have seen so far directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger and I guess I should check it again at some point in the future. Anyway, it was probably their most ambitious and most surreal picture, some kind of surreal romantic take on the PTSD syndrom. That was probably the most interesting thing about this flick the fact you can watch it as something quite literal but also as something quite metaphorical but, on both levels, it actually worked fine. Furthermore, it was visually really striking and they definitely went all the way to deliver something really original, especially for the time period. Eventually, the only critic I might have was that since the concept was pretty far-out, the characters were barely developed but maybe that’s what the material needed. Anyway, the cast involved still delivered some solid performances.