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Rather stretched avant-garde movie, 7 March 2005
Author:
Koteas1
I wasn't expecting anything when I rented this, except maybe good
performances of both the lead actors - Ben Kingsley and Nastassja
Kinski, both of whom I think are very good at what they do. I expected
it to be avant-garde (which as far as I know usually implies a rather
complicated or stretchy movie that might be strenuous to watch at
parts), and it turned out to be just that - little dialog to make the
images work, and some scenes the movie could have done very well
without. What separates this from a GOOD avant garde is the notorious
lack of any meaningful plot, or idea that the director wishes to
convey. And if there's something I can't stand it's an old-as-the-hills
story cosily cloaked in a directors' slightly demented vision.
"susceptive foreigner falls in love with a man from foreign culture,
and learns to love and understand this foreign culture after initial
struggles". That's it. Not more and not less. This movie may be
slightly less kitchy than other movies with the same theme, but the
price for this is high - many endless and dragging scenes portraying
things previously shown enough times. That just makes you want to grab
your remote and fast-forward a little bit. However, this movie does
have some rather original "twists" to the plot, and it's good enough to
keep you watching throughout. It's also straight-forward enough to
appeal to people who usually avoid avant garde and "the artsy". No
prior knowledge of the theme is needed before watching this movie,
which is a bliss.
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