nickname1
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I had no idea what I was going to see, so a photographer's journey towards the centre of Lake Eyre in Australia wasn't what I expected.
However, the film has a good narrative, and enough time-lapses of the night/day sky to satisfy many of my wanderlust dreams.
It was interesting to see various items of (undoubtedly expensive) modern photographic paraphernalia being deployed around the camp site, as well as the surreal plaque like surface of the lake with white crystalline salt forced up between the edges of the (slightly darker) horizontal salt plaques.
The pay-off of the entire film are the images that were produced in this expedition (and a couple of others) - breathtakingly good.
All things considered, an uplifting documentary!
However, the film has a good narrative, and enough time-lapses of the night/day sky to satisfy many of my wanderlust dreams.
It was interesting to see various items of (undoubtedly expensive) modern photographic paraphernalia being deployed around the camp site, as well as the surreal plaque like surface of the lake with white crystalline salt forced up between the edges of the (slightly darker) horizontal salt plaques.
The pay-off of the entire film are the images that were produced in this expedition (and a couple of others) - breathtakingly good.
All things considered, an uplifting documentary!
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS I've heard of this film for a long time but caught it on late night TV. What a revelation! A very youthful Tony Curtis plays an immoral publicity agent, Sidney Falco. In between hustling for additional clients and attempting to satisfy those who have already paid him, he attempts to keep his star client J.J. Hunsecker (played by Burt Lancaster) happy. Unfortunately Hunsecker is both extremely (and, improbably, increasingly) demanding throughout the film, as well as remarkably disparaging to Falco and other players.
Falco himself is (initially) entertainingly manipulative, but the film seems to spiral beyond humour about 90 minutes in. Most of the main players either get their (just?) deserts or escape their oppressive lives, in a sour finale that almost seems more appropriate to a film noir. Maybe the film never achieved the success that (I think that) it deserved because of this perceived change in focus, from cheerful humour to extremely cynical manipulation.
Immediate memories of the film? I've never seen Tony Curtis playing such a youthful character, and I've never seen Burt Lancaster play ANYTHING half as good as J.J. Hunsecker. The dialogue (from the main and minor players) also 'felt' real. 9 out of 10. V Good.
Falco himself is (initially) entertainingly manipulative, but the film seems to spiral beyond humour about 90 minutes in. Most of the main players either get their (just?) deserts or escape their oppressive lives, in a sour finale that almost seems more appropriate to a film noir. Maybe the film never achieved the success that (I think that) it deserved because of this perceived change in focus, from cheerful humour to extremely cynical manipulation.
Immediate memories of the film? I've never seen Tony Curtis playing such a youthful character, and I've never seen Burt Lancaster play ANYTHING half as good as J.J. Hunsecker. The dialogue (from the main and minor players) also 'felt' real. 9 out of 10. V Good.