tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018214889197226815.post5733053195034889746..comments2023-09-27T15:30:59.041+01:00Comments on Pretty Pink Patty's Pictures: Various DiversionsPrettypinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17951465374296834141noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018214889197226815.post-84203058266105677302009-08-26T16:31:56.882+01:002009-08-26T16:31:56.882+01:00"'The Painted Veil' would have been a...<i>"'The Painted Veil' would have been acceptable though a bit turgid had Garbo not already done it."</i><br /><br /><br />Who cares whether Garbo had already filmed another version of "THE PAINTED VEIL"? Especially since she did it over 70 years ago.<br /><br />I recently saw this new version with Edward Norton and Naomi Watts and enjoyed it very much.The Rush Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13667282586023023623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018214889197226815.post-90871932209521706232009-03-31T19:16:00.000+01:002009-03-31T19:16:00.000+01:00'Etoile sans Lumiere' is notable for the debut ons...'Etoile sans Lumiere' is notable for the debut on<BR/>screen of Piaf's then lover, Yves Montand, then<BR/>better known as a music hall singer. The early<BR/>use of dubbing sound movies a la 'Singing in the<BR/>Rain' as the story line makes one wonder if the film was known to the writers of that film.<BR/>'Mon Colonel' has another singer in a minor but<BR/>essential role, Charles Aznavour, and yet another<BR/>solid performance from Cecile de France who<BR/>provides the filmic link between the Algerian period and the present day. it is interesting to reflect that the events surrounding the Algerian<BR/>fight for independence have been more readily<BR/>used by film makers than the questions raised by<BR/>behaviour in Vichy France though the latter has<BR/>formed the background o several recent films.<BR/>'Rue des Plaisirs' is a tale of unrequited love with<BR/>an ever-present 'beast' being taken for granted by<BR/>a beauty (though a whore) which is understandable since he wants to find her true love for her but she, with his help, falls for the wrong man with, ultimately, tragic results. Not<BR/>quite there but nocely filmed and a first rate piece<BR/>of acting from the 'beast'.<BR/>'Trauma' was a piece of rubbish which just did not<BR/>hang together though it was slightly better than<BR/>'Bug' which was equally misbegotten. You are<BR/>either the eternal optimist or a masochist!<BR/>'Diary of the Dead' was poor.<BR/>'The Painted Veil' would have been acceptable though a bit turgid had Garbo not already done it.<BR/>Solid but uninspired acting from Norton, Watts and Schreiber.<BR/>'Make Way For Tomorrow' is one of those' they don't make films like this any more. Unwanted<BR/>elderly parents whose adult children have excuses<BR/>galore for not taking them in is a theme of a number of films but here the whole is economically sketched and then emphasised by a<BR/>magical sequence with the kidness of strangers at<BR/>its heart. A WEEPIE (capitals intended).<BR/>'The Great Madcap' is unlike any other Bunuel I have seen with the 'madcap' in the title being a<BR/>good description of its tone so it is thus unlike the<BR/>mordant humour of many of his later films. An<BR/>enjoyable diversion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com