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'German' a classical film
by Yahoo! Movies User (movies profile)
Oct 24, 2007
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3 people found this review helpful
George Clooney adds to his increasingly prestigious rogues gallery of film portraits as the one guy in this unsavory lot trying to stay clean. Cate Blanchett gets everything right -- the accent, her German dialogue, the weary sexuality (deliberately reminiscent of Marlene Dietrich) and the amorality her character has embraced. Tobey Maguire (Spider-Mans 1, 2, and 3 (Opens May 4, 2007)) is wonderful as a guileless young man for whom the war has unleashed hitherto unknown desires, excitement and greed.
The seamless mix of archival footage and sets is much superior to what was possible in 1945 Hollywood. The murky shadows and slightly smudged look of the cinematography -- by Soderbergh under the pseudonym Peter Andrews -- fit the old style, as well as the theme of darkness reaching out to blot the light. The editing -- also by Soderbergh under another pseudonym -- keeps things moving right along at a lets-get-to-the-point speed that even Jack Warner would have admired. |
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