The only good thing about this movie is the story (aka ...the original novel by Patrice Chaplin). I believe many cinematographically worthless movies get positive credits just because of the good script as in this one. Most of the positive comments here are in fact about the interesting storyline (... and well, about the nude scenes of Ellen Barkin.
But when watched from the cinematography point of view this movie doesn't even deserve 2 stars. There is almost no art direction or DoP. And it is impossible to talk about the existence of film direction. Its a huge failure. OK, there is decent acting time to time.
When i've read the book about 20+ years i loved it and all these years i looked for the movie. I watched it 2 times in the past 6 years and both times i thought what could have been if any other director had shoot it. Baz Luhrman could have made a gem out of this novel for example. Its clear that Mary Lambert wasn't ready to take the responsibility of shooting a movie back in 1987, as it she is not ready to shoot Siesta today.
I believe any cinematography student can shoot a much better version of Siesta today.
Its so sad to see a real gem got wasted in the hands of Marry Lambert (aka the music clip director). If you think this is a good movie read the book, you will see that every single thing that makes you think this is a good movie is in the book already.
But when watched from the cinematography point of view this movie doesn't even deserve 2 stars. There is almost no art direction or DoP. And it is impossible to talk about the existence of film direction. Its a huge failure. OK, there is decent acting time to time.
When i've read the book about 20+ years i loved it and all these years i looked for the movie. I watched it 2 times in the past 6 years and both times i thought what could have been if any other director had shoot it. Baz Luhrman could have made a gem out of this novel for example. Its clear that Mary Lambert wasn't ready to take the responsibility of shooting a movie back in 1987, as it she is not ready to shoot Siesta today.
I believe any cinematography student can shoot a much better version of Siesta today.
Its so sad to see a real gem got wasted in the hands of Marry Lambert (aka the music clip director). If you think this is a good movie read the book, you will see that every single thing that makes you think this is a good movie is in the book already.