I just saw this movie at the Venice Film Festival. I pretty liked it. It's not a masterpiece and sometimes it's hard to not compare with the other "Capote" movie. This one, anyhow, is funnier than the other one and some director's choices are interesting. The cast is terrific (from Toby Jones to a surprising Sandra Bullock, to the enjoyable female supportings to Lee Pace and Daniel Craig) and the technical credits are more than stellar. The screenplay sometimes is a little clichéd but nothing disturbing. The 5-minute cheeres at the end of the screening (with Bullock, Jones, McGrath, Toniolo among others in attendance) proves I was not the only one who liked it.
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Brokeback Mountain
(2005)
One of the best movies of the year
23 September 2005
I saw BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN at the Venice Film Festival. I saw it twice. The first time was actually the world premiere and Anne Hathaway, Ang Lee, Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger were there in the screening room too. It was very special and emotional watch such a wonderful, moving and powerful movie and had the chance to show all your gratitude to its makers. The response of the audience at the end of the screening was really warm and sincere. Anne Hathaway was crying herself. The movie is really really a good piece of cinema. I can watch now the trailer and a lot of emotions come back to my memories. Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal did a good job but the real great material was from the female supporting cast, Michelle Williams, Anne Hathaway and Linda Cardellini. Especially Michelle Williams, she was really really extraordinary. Anne Hathaway was exceptional too, even if her role is less emotional than Williams'. She gave the best at her last scene at the phone, however. The screenplay and the direction are so wonderful just because they seem so pure and sincere. The story of a really powerful and painful love. The sensational score by Gustavo Santaolalla is really a big part of the movie's soul. When the screen faded to black and the wonderful score filled the screening room, my God, it was really intense moment. I won't never forget it. Thanks again, to all the people involved in the movie. THANK YOU
I though it would be better...
26 August 2003
I saw this film at the avant premiere in Pordenone and I was really exited about it because it was filmed in the town where I live. I visited the set one day and I liked how the scene was going on. I didn't understand everything about that scene so I was very exited to see how it was developed on the big screen. But it was a big disappointment: the film is about the music bands in the area so they put a lot of scenes located in concerts, discos,parties... But it ended up to be extremely boring. The film editing and the direction are the big problems: director Guglielmo Zanette maybe don't know that you have to film a scene from different angles... A LOT of scenes in the film are one-take-scenes and that's why it's boring. There isn't any kind of crescendo, no climax scenes, no interesting story or characters.
I liked the opening sequence in Venice, a good camera work. But the rest is really disappointing. There is only one interesting character, Clara Salgado (who plays herself), who's a kind of ghost. But the script is poorly designed and there is no surprise at the end of the film. It's not the worst film I've seen, of course. But the artistic credits (and some tech credits) are erratic in extreme. (And what about the scene with the fake babies? Where came it from???)
I liked the opening sequence in Venice, a good camera work. But the rest is really disappointing. There is only one interesting character, Clara Salgado (who plays herself), who's a kind of ghost. But the script is poorly designed and there is no surprise at the end of the film. It's not the worst film I've seen, of course. But the artistic credits (and some tech credits) are erratic in extreme. (And what about the scene with the fake babies? Where came it from???)
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