Re: The Original Scent of a Woman, I presume?

Posted by Victor Khomenko (M) on October 4, 2003 at 07:06:51

In Reply to: Re: The Original Scent of a Woman, I presume? posted by patrickU on October 4, 2003 at 06:52:19:

I don't have any definite recollections of the Rose - I recall seeing it, the robes, the darkness, but not much more, so I guess it didn't touch me. As I mentioned - I can't recall ANY Sean's role that I would consider the contribution to the art of acting.

Regarding Profumo Di Donna, I found this comment on imdb rather telling:

"Like many other people I'm sure, I first became aware of this Oscar nominee when I read the closing credits of its Al Pacino remake. That was in 1992 and I have been trying to locate a copy of the Italian original ever since. According to the critical opinion I've encountered in the interim, the Gassman original was said to be superior, with the Pacino version incorporating its extraneous subplot about Chris O'Donnell's troubles at his private school.

Well... I have finally managed to see the illustrious original. It certainly seems far inferior to me. Its potential is all latent and unrealized; the American version takes the unusual blind officer character and does colourful and then dramatic things with him. The Italian original just walks the character through some conventional sex farce situations.

The result seems so trivial, and the film is as cheap and ugly to look at as any Italian film of the 1970s. Some credit naturally goes to Vittorio Gassman for originating the character for the screen, but that's about it."

Here we have the voice of the Coca-Cola generation in its finest... what sort of brain it takes to consider Al's character "colorful and dramatic"?

More popcorn, please!

"Like many other people I'm sure, I first became aware of this Oscar nominee when I read the closing credits of its Al Pacino remake."

Figures...

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Topic - Att: PatrickU. - tinear 17:41:31 10/03/03 (15)

Re: Att: PatrickU. - patrickU 05:48:42 10/04/03 (14)

Some time ago I posted here on that film under the heading: - Victor Khomenko 09:17:04 10/05/03 (2)

Re: Some time ago I posted here on that film under the heading: - patrickU 10:00:29 10/05/03 (0)

The link: - Victor Khomenko 09:18:54 10/05/03 (0)

Amazing fact: a stallion like Vittorio married to... - tinear 17:47:39 10/04/03 (6)

Re: Amazing fact: a stallion like Vittorio married to... - patrickU 02:16:21 10/05/03 (5)

You will hate me as you go around whistling the - tinear 05:40:13 10/05/03 (4)

Re: You will hate me as you go around whistling the - patrickU 06:32:24 10/05/03 (3)

Relax and watch Germany vs US womens soccer (World Cup). I mean, - tinear 07:23:58 10/05/03 (2)

Re: Relax and watch Germany vs US womens soccer (World Cup). I mean, - patrickU 08:45:14 10/05/03 (1)

Every ten years or so I watch "Death in Venice" and - tinear 17:08:04 10/05/03 (0)

The Original Scent of a Woman, I presume? - Victor Khomenko 06:31:10 10/04/03 (3)

Re: The Original Scent of a Woman, I presume? - patrickU 06:52:19 10/04/03 (2)

Re: The Original Scent of a Woman, I presume? - Victor Khomenko 07:06:51 10/04/03 (1)

Re: The Original Scent of a Woman, I presume? - patrickU 07:16:52 10/04/03 (0)

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