pmicocci

I would have given this more stars but for the contrived ending that sort of ruined the whole thing for me. Up until that point, I was seriously considering this work to be the equal of any work by Ingmar Bergman. Despite the corny ending, I still think that Sandy Dennis was easily the equivalent of Liv Ullman or Isabelle Hupert. It's shame that she died when she did, and I don't think she ever really received the accolades that she was due. Of course there was her work in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolff", in which she played a supporting role, and lighter fare such as "The Out of Towners", but one viewing of "That Cold Day in the Park" should be enough to convince any discerning viewer that Sandy Dennis was a great talent that was taken away far too soon.

I have to say that the contributors who have addressed either "factual errors", "technical goofs", or otherwise apparently have little familiarity with the overall work of Jean-Luc Godard. This guy is not the least bit concerned with the standard questions of continuity, factual and contemporaneous representation, plagiarism, or almost any other standard which envelopes Hollywood films - indeed, he has spent his career demolishing these standards. Just a cursory glance at the filmic and literary references throughout the film should make it apparent: Professor Vonbraun, who was originally named "Leonard Nosferatu", Heckell and Jeckell, Dick Tracy! What more do you need to recognize that Godard will steal from anyone and anything, will deliberately obfuscate, will twist anything to his purpose... which is perhaps never entirely clear to anyone, maybe not even the director himself.