Wednesday, August 20, 2008
TRAVELOGUE WITH PLOT
Today's NYTimes Best 1176 Films was David Lean's
Kathryn Hepburn again as a near spinster from Ohio who takes the entire film to fall for Rossano Brazzi. It is a 50's love affair. It was like that then. They even show fireworks when they finally make it.
The scene is Venice as it was fifty years ago and it is unbelievably, beautifully photographed. The Criterion restoration is done in full screen. I really prefer the big box picture if we can see a film that way.
Hepburn is very good. Brazzi too.
It holds our interest even though it takes forever to get to the climax, so to speak.
And there is an unconventional ending. Well, not a Hollywood ending.
I liked it. Once is enough though. That makes it a 3 out of Netflix5.
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