1) Batman no longer follows an art-deco design neither in Gotham city nor in the Batman's settings; everything looks rather clean (look the Batman's cave! it looks rather like an empty art gallery). 2) Batman is no longer underground; he represents rather an extension of Mr.Wayne's reactionary attitude, as he is almost in unanimity accepted by the population; he is also omnipresent (even Hong Kong cannot sleep innocently). Batman represents in some way an omnipresent national power and moral reference (look the advise he gives to Mr. Dent); 3) Both Mr. Wayne and Batman no longer show that rather pathetic expression of a man without personal life; the movie is almost exclusively violence, too much free violence. The joker is good, but nothing new to cinema.
Reviews
3 Reviews
The Mission
(1986)
A film as history deserves
6 January 2000
Historical background, magnificent photography, eloquent music, impressive performances make the film a statement on much more than South American history.
The same religious votes can lead different subjects to so different attitudes as those represented by Robert de Niro and Jeremy Irons.
Excellent. The best film I have ever seen.
The same religious votes can lead different subjects to so different attitudes as those represented by Robert de Niro and Jeremy Irons.
Excellent. The best film I have ever seen.
Il quartetto Basileus
(1982)
A film can let music be more than sound effects and even be on the basis of artistic expression.
6 January 2000
The film shows the renewal of a famous String Quartet after the replacement of its 1st violin, who dies of a heart attack during a concert, by a violinist who just left college. The period is intensively enjoyed but does not last - it is much like a "coda" in the lives of three old musicians.
Instead of leaving music on the background, this film let great composers (Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert and others) speak intimately through some of their known chamber works. A string quartet may be similar to a symphony in many aspects. However, compared to a birthday's party, it is more like meeting a few old friends at pub's counter than inviting two hundred guests for dinner near the swimming pool.
The film allows music to be expressed in situations other than the stage, showing it in relation with live. Ironically, it shows the tragedy of individuals dedicated to a genre which demands deep interaction with the audience. Remarkable Chamber Music from the 18th to the 20th Centuries find in the individual tragedies an adequate background, thus reaching a particularly dramatic character.
In my opinion, this almost unknown work of art deserves mention at a higher place - probably close to Milos Forman's Amadeus.
Instead of leaving music on the background, this film let great composers (Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert and others) speak intimately through some of their known chamber works. A string quartet may be similar to a symphony in many aspects. However, compared to a birthday's party, it is more like meeting a few old friends at pub's counter than inviting two hundred guests for dinner near the swimming pool.
The film allows music to be expressed in situations other than the stage, showing it in relation with live. Ironically, it shows the tragedy of individuals dedicated to a genre which demands deep interaction with the audience. Remarkable Chamber Music from the 18th to the 20th Centuries find in the individual tragedies an adequate background, thus reaching a particularly dramatic character.
In my opinion, this almost unknown work of art deserves mention at a higher place - probably close to Milos Forman's Amadeus.
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