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In Reply to: RE: "The Sheltering Sky...... posted by afilado on June 30, 2009 at 18:53:38
with the vastness of the desert, was fierce. I think the decaying of the relationship, though it obviously concealed strong feelings, was riveting.
The journey after the death also captivated me. I'm a Berto man. I very much love The Passenger but they're very different stories, very different story-telling styles by two geniuses.
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..was largely one of indifference. No evidence of passion, past or present. Not even tired, just a practiced laziness of spirit. No ambition for betterment much less a thought or effort towards it.
I believed little of what they conveyed, and cared about them commensurately. The male foil was forgettable.
My final point was that for my dose of north Africa and potent portrayals of alienation and social estrangement I'll take that one from Antonioni. I like Bertolucci but this is hardly among his best.
I will watch The Passenger many more times. I doubt I'll want to watch The Sheltering Sky ever again.
wait to see it again.
The cinematography alone is worth the voyage, for me.
BTW, your comments about the mom are spot-on, she was delicious and their interactions were incendiary.
Your perspective always gives me reason to pause and reconsider.
You're right about the cinematography. It is one of the brilliant "incidentals". Bertolucci was good on the eye. It's hard to name an Italian director who isn't.
Genius? Antonioni, yes; Bertolucci, not so much. LOL!
in their respective subjects, i.e. political/historical commentary; alienation of modern man.
Actually, as I reflect a tad more, that first category has another Bernardo contender, "The Last Emperor."
Those three masterpieces, I'd argue, favorably compare with the best of Michaelangelo. And then I'd add, "The Sheltering Sky."
"1900," mind you, for all of its flaws, is still a tremendous effort and is a failure only by the very high standards of his other works.
Your very different opinions also have given me new insights: I look forward to the Spall film.
I won't dispute any of this. I need to get back to all three top picks you mention.
Yeah, Bertolucci is a giant.
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