Reviews
How to Steal a Million (1966)
Hepburn, O'Toole and Wyler - total class.
A very light, elegant robbery kaper set in glorious Paris. All of the actors are outstanding, and the suspenseful art theft seems a little too easy...but this is the movies!
Hepburn is beautiful and charming ("Marrrrrvellous!") and O'Toole pulls off an admirable performance as the "society thief"/"art detective". Good support from Eli Wallach.
Features a superb, if fluffy, John Williams score (I prefer it to Saving Private Ryan!). A pure delight.
Lato milosci (1994)
An elegant film about love, lust and coming-of-age.
Felix Falk's gloriously shot film is a subtle study of a love triangle. Alexandre is a young medical student who is holidaying at his uncle's country home for the summer. He begins a lustful love affair with his cousin Sonia, but his attentions quickly rift towards her beautiful Polish friend, Nathalie.
There begins an exploration of love versus lust, eventually ending sadly as the last summer of youth becomes but a memory.
Set at the turn of the century in the landscapes of middle Europe, "Lato Milosci" has much to recommend it, especially the lush cinematography (Krzysztof Tusiewicz), hypnotic romantic score (Henryk Kuzniak) and fine performances of the trio of attractive leads.
Much recommended.