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Where Angels Fear to Tread 1991
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Based on EM Forster's book of the same name. A cast which included Helen Mirren and Helena Bonham Carter, perhaps both miscast, Rupert Graves, and a reltively unknown, and unconvincing, Giovanni Guidelli in the principal parts. Set in Italy - San Gimignano - at the turn of the century, it plays on themes of class and repressed sex, ending (spoiler alert) in Caroline's (Helen Mirren) death in childbirth; and the accidental death a liitle later of the child. So some nice touches and observations about British/Italian society and lives; but not wholly satisfactory as a film.
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Death on the Nile 2022
Seen at Stroud with Jane and Matty. Lavishly filmed on location and invented location (Nile pre Aswan dam) but the who-dunnit didn't grip since it is impossible to work out who may havedonme thedeed; and the perosnality analysis is inevitably. Great performances from Kenneth Branagh; so-so ones from Jennifer Saunders and Dawn French and the rest of a starry cast. Good to look at but not much more than that.
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The Great Beauty 2013
A sumptuous and cynical view of Rome and its 'beautiful' inhabitants. Some beautiful photogrpahy and some surprisingly moving moments with some of the sub plos - the main one being the disillusionment of a famous socity writer. The film was made n 2012/13 and obvious parallels with - homages to - La Dolce Vita and no doubt other Italian films. Brilliant perforfmance by the main character, Toni Servillo as Jep Gambardella
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The Four Feathers 1939
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Classic British adventure film based on a novel dealing with 'cowardice' and bravery during the Sudanese wars of the late nineteenth century. Beautifully filmed in technicolour with some memorable images of desert and waterscape. Slightly improbable story line - the 'coward' who resigns his commission then rescues fellow officers in the course of the war - with everything ending more or less happily and the status quo ante bellum restored in every sense.
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