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I have never been on LSD, but imagine it must be just like watching that film... according to some accounts.A real treat - Il Casanova di Federico Fellini on Sundance channel last night!
It helps if one already loves Fellini when watching this film, otherwise a severe sensory overload will result. But if you love the master's style, this will be the evening to remember.
Too much... is easy to say. I had to take a break, one simply can't sustain the level of visual strain without doing so, in my view. In that regard it is similar to the Prospero's Book, except this one is so much more fun it eventually saves the day, while in the Greenaway's case the OFF button is your only salvation.
One would be hard, VERY hard press to call it a masterpiece in the true sense of the world. Its middle is charmingly too long, with scenes not too connected and each one not necessarily contributing to anything besides the sheer visual enjoyment, so cutting one full hour would seem an easy task, turning this somewhat overweight whale into an elegant, biting and incredibly stylish piece. But who are we to second-guess the titan - he left us with that work to either enjoy or disdain, and I am sure he is smiling from his grave at us trying to figure it all out.
So don't even try. Accept it for what it is, for it provides so much and in so dense a package that it is easy to choke on it. Take a break from it every now and then, but definitely come back to finish, as the ending is incredibly beautiful, and represents a sudden zigzag in the film's otherwise direct plot and narration... you must catch the moment of that suddent turn, as there is incredible beauty in it.
Poetic doesn't even begin to describe many moments in it, the ending in particular.
Perhaps not something we would put next to the best films ever made, but something we should be grateful exists, as life would be whole lot poorer without such feasts.
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Very nicely put!I haven't seen the film in many years, but I did make it a point to see it two or three times when it was new.
It's a film that is at once was wonderfully imaginative and wide-ranging -- almost dreamlike -- yet almost unrelentingly direct in its quest to apprehend the nature of eroticism and passion.
Yet, those looking for taut drama and consise dramatic development may be disappointed. As you say so eloquently, it's a film that has to be approached on its own terms. Fellini's Satyricon, certainly a different film, is similar to the Cassanova in this respect, at least in my mind.
I don't think either are region 1 right now, no? I might try Casanova again.
Shylock I ain't.
If not Fellini's best, certainly one of my favorites of his. Splendid and rich...I enjoy Prospero just as much, because there we have visual splendor alloyed to the perfect instrument of Giulgud's voice.
BTW, Patrick, my best friend developed a terrific crush on Sutherland from this film. He didn't look Italian in the least, but he didn't need to.
Yes all you said as far I can remember this film, but one thing to add, I found Sutherland totally displaced in this role, back then.
How is he now ( He-he...)???
Especially in the ending, as that was the best part of the movie.
I think that he had harsh critic for this role, back then....Well I would have to take another closer look at it...Sometimes....
***I think that he had harsh critic for this role, back thenMaybe their faux leather pants too tight?
If they are not too tight for our friend how can they be for Casa?
Cheers and Happy New Year!
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But you know how to kick in the balls!
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I know you have good aim, but is that sufficient when dealing with that?
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