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It was difficult to determine what ax was being ground at any particular moment of this film.
At times it seemed to prophecise the current state of affairs in the Middle East, at others it was a teeny whimsy which foretold the origin of the stereotype "Jewish Princess". There is much invective directed towards the "Greeks" and their alleged attempts at imperialistic democratization, there is no attempt to correlate Greek history with Biblical narrative. If this is am attempt to provoke thought, it can only lead one to wonder how the Hellenes escaped the Holocaust.
In all, the film smacked of the type of inference from scripture which is promulgated on "Christian" network tele-travesties.
Peter O'Toole was wasted in a farcical cameo as Samuel in the opening retrospective. I was saddened to see this monumental actor reduced to a couple of lines and a shake of a saber. It only added insult to the historic lack of recognition this great man of stage and screen has received from the film industry.
Omar Sharif, at least had a role with scenes throughout this boring spectacle. But, he and O'Toole were not utilized to elevate the film above the over-funded sophomoric babble of the script.
Throughout the 124-minutes of this feature I kept wishing that Sarah Silverman had been cast in the lead. An outright O.T. farce, on the order of "The Life of Brian"(I know, a N.T. farce) would have been extremely entertaining. As it is, "One Night..." seemed to drag on like an Arctic Winter. Nothing was illuminated.
At times it seemed to prophecise the current state of affairs in the Middle East, at others it was a teeny whimsy which foretold the origin of the stereotype "Jewish Princess". There is much invective directed towards the "Greeks" and their alleged attempts at imperialistic democratization, there is no attempt to correlate Greek history with Biblical narrative. If this is am attempt to provoke thought, it can only lead one to wonder how the Hellenes escaped the Holocaust.
In all, the film smacked of the type of inference from scripture which is promulgated on "Christian" network tele-travesties.
Peter O'Toole was wasted in a farcical cameo as Samuel in the opening retrospective. I was saddened to see this monumental actor reduced to a couple of lines and a shake of a saber. It only added insult to the historic lack of recognition this great man of stage and screen has received from the film industry.
Omar Sharif, at least had a role with scenes throughout this boring spectacle. But, he and O'Toole were not utilized to elevate the film above the over-funded sophomoric babble of the script.
Throughout the 124-minutes of this feature I kept wishing that Sarah Silverman had been cast in the lead. An outright O.T. farce, on the order of "The Life of Brian"(I know, a N.T. farce) would have been extremely entertaining. As it is, "One Night..." seemed to drag on like an Arctic Winter. Nothing was illuminated.
A distinctive film. The powerful ethnic Irish tone is reminiscent of films from the 1930's-40's with Barry Fitzgerald. Humor and troubled times. "Serious, serious, serious", as Kitten says. John Ford would have lauded this film.
In Ford's day topics like transexuality, cross-dressers and the sex trade would never have been addressed. But, with these modern inclusions, the script has the freshness of "The Quiet Man", with Irish "Sprong". I kept expecting a "Breakfast" reference to "Lucky Charms".
I strongly recommend ALL viewers to play the DVD with English subtitles "ON". Americans, like myself need help with comprehension of the rapid-fire Irish accents and vernacular. Also, without subtitles one misses the darlin' lines scripted for the robins.
In Ford's day topics like transexuality, cross-dressers and the sex trade would never have been addressed. But, with these modern inclusions, the script has the freshness of "The Quiet Man", with Irish "Sprong". I kept expecting a "Breakfast" reference to "Lucky Charms".
I strongly recommend ALL viewers to play the DVD with English subtitles "ON". Americans, like myself need help with comprehension of the rapid-fire Irish accents and vernacular. Also, without subtitles one misses the darlin' lines scripted for the robins.
While the actual film was unsubtle, it was entertaining. Good editing keeps the story moving and the tension of the treasure hunters being hunted works in spite of the mediocre acting.
My interest really elevated when I watched two of the extra features on the DVD from Indiedvd. An interactive map traces and catalogs some of the loot the Nazis were trying to squirrel away at the end of WW II in Austria and other Central European caches. This list is probably as incomplete as the list of documented loot which has been recovered to date.
A very interesting and brief extra feature, titled "Nazi Conspiracies" focuses on the capitalization of Hitler's rise to power in Germany between the wars.
I.G. Farben, a consortium of German chemical industries, is identified as the economic engine which pulled the Nazi train onto the main line. The German industrialists did not do it alone. This was an international effort by German and sympathetic foreign industrialists and capitalists.
Significantly named, for the U.S. viewer are: Standard Oil of America, George Herbert Walker and Prescott Bush. They are cited as investors/partners in the rise of the Nazi Party who profited throughout the war from their investments and were forced to surrender portions of their wartime earnings after the war.
It is interesting that German corporations survived the war and several are doing quite nicely today. A slide within the feature portrayed labels and logos of several current chemical and pharmaceutical companies with their names partially censored, but still identifiable.
The names of the U.S. partners of the Nazis are clarified for modern viewers by naming prominent descendants: Presidents George Herbert Walker Bush and George Walker Bush.
Another American name is Dulles, counsel to the Bush/Walker dynasties, rescuer of Nazi scientists and first Director of the C.I.A.
Ike must have known about all of this, and more, and been unable to directly expose it even as President. Hence his veiled warning of the "Military Industrial Complex."
My interest really elevated when I watched two of the extra features on the DVD from Indiedvd. An interactive map traces and catalogs some of the loot the Nazis were trying to squirrel away at the end of WW II in Austria and other Central European caches. This list is probably as incomplete as the list of documented loot which has been recovered to date.
A very interesting and brief extra feature, titled "Nazi Conspiracies" focuses on the capitalization of Hitler's rise to power in Germany between the wars.
I.G. Farben, a consortium of German chemical industries, is identified as the economic engine which pulled the Nazi train onto the main line. The German industrialists did not do it alone. This was an international effort by German and sympathetic foreign industrialists and capitalists.
Significantly named, for the U.S. viewer are: Standard Oil of America, George Herbert Walker and Prescott Bush. They are cited as investors/partners in the rise of the Nazi Party who profited throughout the war from their investments and were forced to surrender portions of their wartime earnings after the war.
It is interesting that German corporations survived the war and several are doing quite nicely today. A slide within the feature portrayed labels and logos of several current chemical and pharmaceutical companies with their names partially censored, but still identifiable.
The names of the U.S. partners of the Nazis are clarified for modern viewers by naming prominent descendants: Presidents George Herbert Walker Bush and George Walker Bush.
Another American name is Dulles, counsel to the Bush/Walker dynasties, rescuer of Nazi scientists and first Director of the C.I.A.
Ike must have known about all of this, and more, and been unable to directly expose it even as President. Hence his veiled warning of the "Military Industrial Complex."