10/6/2008

The Fall, Tarsem

posted by mauer @ 4:00 pm

This is an ambitious, enjoyable, visually impressive movie with a great, natural performance by Catinca Untaru.

The Fall owes a lot to Alejandro Jodorowsky (esp. Holy Mountain), Terry Gilliam’s Baron Munchausen (almost the definition of “ambitious failure”), Cinema Paradiso, and The Princes Bride. (more…)

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