 | Roman Polanski's latest thriller, The Ghost Writer, is a fascinating mash-up of homages, cinematic in-jokes and self-references, the sort of film that tends to either delight or irritate film buffs -- sometimes inspiring both reactions silmutaneously -- while leaving more casual viewers a bit flummoxed. Surely Polanski couldn't have meant for his green-screen backgrounds to be so patently false! And oh, the performances are stiff and self-conscious! Almost immediately, the arguments begin in one's own head as to whether this movie is deliberately, stylishly melodramatic, or a tad clunky by accident. As good as The Ghost Writer is -- and it really is quite good -- the film itself doesn't seem to know, either. Part of the problem may lie in the road it took to the screen, what with the director finishing the film while under house arrest in Switzerland, and additi onal studio meddling which resulted in a painful number of overdubbed line-readings turning effing F-words into "soddings"... - mediamage |
0 коммент.:
Отправить комментарий