... there are so many good things in this film and yet the film doesn't shine as it should! ... essentially due to issues with Script and Directing
this film rambles ... the script could have benefited from a good prune and reshaping, it feels like a film adapted from a book though its not ... there are parts of the film that work and other parts which feel awkward/too melodramatic
I'm frustrated with films like this : bec its evident in the production values that all the Departments brought their A Game : production design, the costumiers, the actors, the lighting, the greens, the Camera dept, the music, the sound etc etc ... ALL the departments are top notch EXCEPT the Director ... to make films of this complexity requires an incredible Producer ... and I fear that often perhaps the Director may get so lost micro managing that they slip from being the top notch visionary General in command ...
so in this case, what would have been best for this production is to bring in a Director that matches the calibre of the troops
however Wikipedia advises that this was impossible for this production as " The movie was produced, directed and written by Colin Nutley who also happens to be married to the film's star, Helena Bergström" : great pity ... in hindsight I'd advise somehow working in more objectivity and separation... its a very pretty film but too jumbled
really a film like this holds such promise with the elements glowing ... they just needed the Director to weave them with the objectivity of a knife! what a pity
this film rambles ... the script could have benefited from a good prune and reshaping, it feels like a film adapted from a book though its not ... there are parts of the film that work and other parts which feel awkward/too melodramatic
I'm frustrated with films like this : bec its evident in the production values that all the Departments brought their A Game : production design, the costumiers, the actors, the lighting, the greens, the Camera dept, the music, the sound etc etc ... ALL the departments are top notch EXCEPT the Director ... to make films of this complexity requires an incredible Producer ... and I fear that often perhaps the Director may get so lost micro managing that they slip from being the top notch visionary General in command ...
so in this case, what would have been best for this production is to bring in a Director that matches the calibre of the troops
however Wikipedia advises that this was impossible for this production as " The movie was produced, directed and written by Colin Nutley who also happens to be married to the film's star, Helena Bergström" : great pity ... in hindsight I'd advise somehow working in more objectivity and separation... its a very pretty film but too jumbled
really a film like this holds such promise with the elements glowing ... they just needed the Director to weave them with the objectivity of a knife! what a pity