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Reviews
Night Train to Lisbon (2013)
terrific movie
I just saw it this evening in Rome-- Well done--and although I was not familiar with the book--I will read it now.
The style of "movie within a movie" reminds one of Fowles "the French Lieutenants Wife" and Truffaut "Day for night" but MUCH better done than both of those.
Wonderful story of the randomness of life---and how that random event allowed three close friends during the dictatorship in Portugal to finally discover what had happened to each other. It took a stranger to complete --and resolve--the major event of their lives.
Jeremy Iron was as usual terrific---and reminded me of his role in House of the Spirits--in a similar political setting of the fascist times in Chile.
Deeply intense, dramatically fulfilling--it kept me on the edge of my seat.
Bravo
The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
bravo
Don't' listen to those who poo-poo this movie. It is fabulous! Let me put it simply: if you have seen the stage production and even only liked it...you will love the movie. If you--as I--LOVED the stage production, then you should be standing urgently in line! I've seen every major musical on Broadway and elsewhere for the last forty years and always go to see the movie with a certain amount of intrepidation--never quite knowing how it will survive the adaption.
Have no fear here---truly well done--and recognizing that it is a movie and not live-- it is unforgettable.As close as you will get to seeing any musical live--without actually seeing it live.
And what I didn't say was that I am an American and have seen it on Broadway 5 or six times , naturally in English. I saw this today in Italian in Rome --and I am still excited.
Bravo, bravo.