Comments on: Dirty Pretty Thing http://gatewaycinephiles.com/2008/10/14/dirty-pretty-thing/ Appreciation and Criticism of Cinema Through Heartland Eyes Fri, 18 May 2012 09:20:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Andrew http://gatewaycinephiles.com/2008/10/14/dirty-pretty-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-2498 Andrew Mon, 20 Oct 2008 02:06:03 +0000 http://gatewaycinephiles.com/2008/10/14/dirty-pretty-thing/#comment-2498 Thanks for the kind words, Alexander. I appreciate your thoughtful, very detailed reviews, and it's a pleasure to see you over here. Thanks for the kind words, Alexander. I appreciate your thoughtful, very detailed reviews, and it’s a pleasure to see you over here.

]]> By: Alexander Coleman http://gatewaycinephiles.com/2008/10/14/dirty-pretty-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-2494 Alexander Coleman Sun, 19 Oct 2008 17:31:45 +0000 http://gatewaycinephiles.com/2008/10/14/dirty-pretty-thing/#comment-2494 Very well-written review, Andrew. I liked this more than you, but I will admit that it has some problems. And on the whole, I find myself remembering <i>Roman de Gare</i> much more, and liking it, four and a half months after seeing it. <a href="http://colemancornerincinema.blogspot.com/2008/09/girl-cut-in-two-2008.html" rel="nofollow">My review of <i>A Girl Cut in Two</i></a>. Very well-written review, Andrew. I liked this more than you, but I will admit that it has some problems. And on the whole, I find myself remembering Roman de Gare much more, and liking it, four and a half months after seeing it.

My review of A Girl Cut in Two.

]]> By: Sam Juliano http://gatewaycinephiles.com/2008/10/14/dirty-pretty-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-2484 Sam Juliano Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:53:49 +0000 http://gatewaycinephiles.com/2008/10/14/dirty-pretty-thing/#comment-2484 Andrew, I remember that sequence in ROMAN DE GARE, and I agree it was dreamier. I agree the Lelouch is flawed, but even though Chabrol is a far greater director in the larger scheme, I felt that partcular Lelouch was a bit batter than GIRL CUT IN TWO on balance. Andrew, I remember that sequence in ROMAN DE GARE, and I agree it was dreamier. I agree the Lelouch is flawed, but even though Chabrol is a far greater director in the larger scheme, I felt that partcular Lelouch was a bit batter than GIRL CUT IN TWO on balance.

]]> By: Andrew http://gatewaycinephiles.com/2008/10/14/dirty-pretty-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-2483 Andrew Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:38:08 +0000 http://gatewaycinephiles.com/2008/10/14/dirty-pretty-thing/#comment-2483 I'm glad you highlighted that opening sequence, Sam, because for me it was also an invigorating little gem in a middling film. When I first saw those streaks of red light, I thought I was watching stylized spermatozoa! There's something about the mystery of a first-person perspective in a moving car that lends itself to thrillers. Lelouch's <I>Roman de Gare</I> employed a similarly enticing car sequence, with a bit more dreamy flair. Too bad the film, like <I>A Girl Cut in Two</I>, was so flawed in other ways. I’m glad you highlighted that opening sequence, Sam, because for me it was also an invigorating little gem in a middling film. When I first saw those streaks of red light, I thought I was watching stylized spermatozoa! There’s something about the mystery of a first-person perspective in a moving car that lends itself to thrillers. Lelouch’s Roman de Gare employed a similarly enticing car sequence, with a bit more dreamy flair. Too bad the film, like A Girl Cut in Two, was so flawed in other ways.

]]> By: Sam Juliano http://gatewaycinephiles.com/2008/10/14/dirty-pretty-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-2481 Sam Juliano Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:51:15 +0000 http://gatewaycinephiles.com/2008/10/14/dirty-pretty-thing/#comment-2481 I think you pretty much nail the conflicting feelings one has about this film, and one is tempted indeed to consign it to "guilty pleasure" status. It started off though with a bang, with that stunning red-filtered car window sequence which was boosted by one of opera's most sublimely beautiful arias, "In Questa Regia" from Puccini's TURANDOT. I wasn't sure what to expect after that, but the film was intermittantly fascinating and tedious, a position that you basically evince in your altogether superlative critical discourse of this most challenging late film in the master of suspence's career. I think you pretty much nail the conflicting feelings one has about this film, and one is tempted indeed to consign it to “guilty pleasure” status.
It started off though with a bang, with that stunning red-filtered car window sequence which was boosted by one of opera’s most sublimely beautiful arias, “In Questa Regia” from Puccini’s TURANDOT. I wasn’t sure what to expect after that, but the film was intermittantly fascinating and tedious, a position that you basically evince in your altogether superlative critical discourse of this most challenging late film in the master of suspence’s career.

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