Great to see a movie, in one of the golden ages of filmmakers and proper film stars, take the piss out of how TV can lend to being mindless / corrupt / exploitative. If only films nowadays were anything near the quality of the 70s.
The satire of this film seems obvious at points. Though when I thought about why it was obvious, my opinion of the film was raised even higher, AND I was immediately depressed. The criticism of…
Was this film four hours long or have I always been watching this film and the rest of my life was just a dream?
In all seriousness the depth and richness of the world Yang creates is very impressive. Even if it’s hard to keep up with the millions of characters milling about…
The style on Norman Jewison here is incredible, supported by Hal Ashby’s editing. Hot off Bonnie and Clyde, Faye Dunaway gives a strong performance. McQueen is great as a playboy millionaire but I do still think he’s better as rougher, less high-society characters.
I think a weakness of this is the second half of the romance. I buy it when the romance is purely for the psychological game between them because they’re both chasing thrills, but the film goes into…
