This is a classic film so worth a look. However, I didn't find it enthralling. The numbers are good, but not thrilling like the Sondheim I saw lately. The story is engaging without making the main characters entirely sympathetic. Joel Grey is superb, and you do get an overwhelming sense of what's coming next.
Given that decadent London is going to come to an end fairly soon, it's worth pondering what might now be round the corner for us.
The extras are a bit tacky and tired. I'd really like to see the stage version.
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Once Dirk Bogard (ol'perv Aschenbach) falls in love with the androgynous 12-year-old boy Tadzio and dyes his hair and rouges his cheeks, the picture seems to come to a slow meandering end. I enjoyed the Thomas Mann short novel when i read it at school. In it Aschenbach (who was based on composer Mahler) was made a writer; Visconti (and his co-writer Nicola Badalucco) turn him into a composer, and use Mahler's Third and Fifth Symphonies on the sound track. That works well, but Visconti over-elaborates the story, adding flashbacks with discussions about art and adding a character (Alfred), who's a disastrous intrusion.
After a while the languor experienced by Aschenbach is experienced by the audience as plain boredom.
One of the few examples of film being almost flawless. A film truly can be a work of art.
'Almost flawless' as there is one flaw - Ryan O'Neil is not quite ideal for the role and doesn't really deliver an engaging performance, it's probably the best he can do but it's a noticeable weak link in among all the other superb performances.
This minor flaw accepted it's still a 5 star film. It's just beautiful.
The locations are perfect and have a real 'period' feel that puts other productions (film & TV) to shame
The indoor candle-lit scenes are just fantastic thnks to the NASA lenses (which Kubrick bought second-hand from NASA after they decided they no longer needed them. They tried subsequently ... Read More:
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I notice that this brilliant 1970's classic is being linked by Amazon in one of those buy both these titles for XX ££'s. They have linked it with MAMMA MIA ! You see what happens in a dumbed down no taste culture.
Someone at Amazon thinks that CABARET and MAMMA MIA are similar kind of films..why? Because they have songs in them ? Understand this Miss or Mr
tasteless Amazon staff member...MAMMA MIA! is trash devoid of intelligence....CABARET is a real movie about real things with a powerful
and poignant political edge. The appropriate BLU-RAY to link CABARET with
is DOWNFALL. Songs or no songs it is substance and content that makes an
appropriate match !! Get an education now before it is too late !
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I bought this release as some of it was filmed in my home town of Luton.
This film has a massive star cast considering it had a low budget. My friends have contacted the makers who have already written it off as a flop the backers are based in France and as far as I know they have no plans to release it on a European region 2 edition. This is a shame.
This film follows the highs and lows of Alan Conways life.
Alan Conway managed to spend three years blagging his way persuading people he was the famous, reclusive film director Stanley Kubrick.
The acting at times is a little shaky. John Malkovich seems to lose his american accent then regain it then lose it again all in the same day.
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This box set contains 8 of some of the most iconic and brilliant motion pictures made by THE greatest man in the business. Kubrick really is a god at movie making, he may have only ever won one oscar but his movies are some of the most influential movies ever. For example Space Oddesy's introductrion of music into movies and a Clockwork Orange, possibly the most contrevesial movies ever made! Dr. Strangelove a movie that was released at a time when the world may well have fallen into a nuculear war. These are just a few examples of how Kubrick was a daring and risque director and his movies are all the better for it and each one is a landmark in movie history all trying something new and being unique masterpieces. This is the best selection of movies you are likley ... Read More:
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This box set contains 8 of some of the most iconic and brilliant motion pictures made by THE greatest man in the business. Kubrick really is a god at movie making, he may have only ever won one oscar but his movies are some of the most influential movies ever. For example Space Oddesy's introductrion of music into movies and a Clockwork Orange, possibly the most contrevesial movies ever made! Dr. Strangelove a movie that was released at a time when the world may well have fallen into a nuculear war. These are just a few examples of how Kubrick was a daring and risque director and his movies are all the better for it and each one is a landmark in movie history all trying something new and being unique masterpieces. This is the best selection of movies you are likley ... Read More:
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Not a film to be taken lightly, the brilliant performances of the stars that grace this production cannot hide the dark and terrible undertones that leach their way to the surface. Sally Boles (Liza Minnelli) is an American dance hall girl (with a high opinion of herself) in pre-war Berlin. A young and naive (and bi-sexual) English language teacher (Michael York) moves into the same boarding house and she helps him to integrate into the decadence that is Berlin. As the story unfolds they discover that they are both sleeping with the same man, Baron von Heine (Helmut Griem) Max is a playboy and buys their affections with champagne and furs. During the frivolity the Nazis slowly rise to the fore.
A very very different musical that is most certainly a timeless classic. ... Read More:
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Not a film to be taken lightly, the brilliant performances of the stars that grace this production cannot hide the dark and terrible undertones that leach their way to the surface. Sally Boles (Liza Minnelli) is an American dance hall girl (with a high opinion of herself) in pre-war Berlin. A young and naive (and bi-sexual) English language teacher (Michael York) moves into the same boarding house and she helps him to integrate into the decadence that is Berlin. As the story unfolds they discover that they are both sleeping with the same man, Baron von Heine (Helmut Griem) Max is a playboy and buys their affections with champagne and furs. During the frivolity the Nazis slowly rise to the fore.
A very very different musical that is most certainly a timeless classic. ... Read More:
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This is a classic film so worth a look. However, I didn't find it enthralling. The numbers are good, but not thrilling like the Sondheim I saw lately. The story is engaging without making the main characters entirely sympathetic. Joel Grey is superb, and you do get an overwhelming sense of what's coming next.
Given that decadent London is going to come to an end fairly soon, it's worth pondering what might now be round the corner for us.
The extras are a bit tacky and tired. I'd really like to see the stage version.
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