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In Reply to: Victor, don't forget to comment... posted by gware on February 08, 2002 at 17:37:53:
...and it exceeded every single one.I am under a spell now, and that shall probably continue for a few days.
I wish I had the most powerful language on Earth to properly describe the power, the intensity, the atmosphere that could be cut with chain saw. The way it grabs you and never lets go, all the while "moving very slowly" as some would say.
It is incredible that I was able to retain so much over the 27 years that passed. I was anticipating the scenes that I remember loving - who could forget Jack flying over Barcelona? I remember being completely mesmerized by the way Maria was moving in the end, and this time the effect was even stronger.
The director work, the photography are without equal and shall continue haunting you for long, long time.
I don't think Jack has even risen to that level again, not even in his "other" best works. And Maria... words are pale here. Somehow we lost track of her career, as I don't recall any of her later works. The Tango was trash and I would not count it, although she was the better part of that film. Have you seen her later films? Which ones should I look for?
Anyway, we both stayed silent as the credits rolled. A trully unforgettable film. One of the best ever made anywhere by anyone... such cliche, but so true here. It is so nice to fall in love again.
Follow Ups:
I strongly invite everyone to read these opinions:http://us.imdb.com/CommentsShow?73580
Films like "Professione: reporter" only happen infrequently in your lifetime, so please don't let it pass you.
you did pretty well. The real mystery with "the Passenger" to me; is just how obscure and unknown this gem is, and as you've mentioned Victor, even to find. It's Jack Nicholson at his absolute best! Which is pretty damn good!! This Film is like looking into a large VSI-1 diamond again and again to try and find that one fault that you know just MUST be there. But, joy, it isn't. A pinnacle of the filmmakers and actors craft. How seldom is anything made as well as "The Passenger". It takes rare cinema like this to show glaringly what's missing.
Eric
Tokyo*
Why do you think it IS that obscure? I believe when it wa shown in Russia in 75 it was well received.Sure, as one guy said:
"Anyway, to discuss the merits of this film: well, it is in a style much akin to Michelangelo Antonioni's more famous films, especially Blowup. Thus the average viewer will find it about as interesting as staring at a blank screen."
But there are other films that are as - I hate to say "slow" - but rather insightful, and still manage to get some attention.
BTW, I feel a bit silly discussing the plot, but do you think the Girl was planted by the murderers?
keeps us guessing on that one just increases the interest in the plot; don't feel silly in the least. Why I use "obscure" is I never saw this as a release originally, have almost never seen it discussed in terms of Antonioni or Jack Nicholson, and only got to see it at all because I was browsing some 2nd hand videos in a store here a couple years back and bought it because it was an Antonioni title I'd simply never seen. When I watched it and realised it was one of his best efforts; no, I'll go one further than that; his BEST film IMHO,
In Japan in 1999, Sony or Victor or whoever own the rights to Antonioni's films (and everything else besides), reissued Wide Screen HiFi versions of "Blow Up", "Zabriskie Point" with much advertising and fanfare as VHS and DVD formats, so I couldn't believe that 25 years after it's release I finally pick this up. As for the "blank screen" review; I've so seldom read any review that corresponded to my opinion of the same film I tend to ignore them. Maybe the reviewer had 1,000 words and a deadline and never even saw it. The only reviewer I've read with a balanced and intelligent view of filmmaking was a woman that used to write for the New Yorker, and to my embarrasment I cannot recall her name.....getting old....(Diane?)
Eric
Tokyo*
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