I really didn't get this film. I was certainly expecting better from two of the great actors of their generation. But the material is so thin, and the motivations of the characters so obscure, that they don't have much to bite into. And the cinematography, although masterful, calls attention to itself in an affected way that quickly becomes tiresome.
I suppose one could just see this as another of those depressing contemporary works from the 1970s where boredom and disillusionment are the only things to really be experienced. The cineastes at Cannes were apparently impressed. I was not.
Still, it's worthwhile to see two great actors working off each other.
I suppose one could just see this as another of those depressing contemporary works from the 1970s where boredom and disillusionment are the only things to really be experienced. The cineastes at Cannes were apparently impressed. I was not.
Still, it's worthwhile to see two great actors working off each other.