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Squirrel (Die Bergkatze)


Ernst Lubitsch Film


in four acts: a soldier with a reputation for great deceiver is transferred in a border fortress, and during the journey is kidnapped by a robber who falls in love with him, breaks free, and after an attack on the bandits is almost forced to marry the daughter of the commander of, during the celebration of the victory against the bandits they are introduced into the barracks stealing everything, and the hero realizes that love the robber, the robber bride one of his gang, but when he learns of the marriage of the beloved goes to him, but eventually they will take away from her to leave his lawful wife.

I have dwelt a bit 'about the plot of the film as it is of great importance for understanding the impact it had and the relationship with today. First we must say that Squirrel (the title refers to the robber, but not important) was the first big flop of Lubitsch, the German still in its infancy, though he himself did not consider him as a failure, and because of its poor public success has come down to us very quietly, you misunderstood. In fact one of the most interesting topics to be addressed this is just talking about the aging process, even to say, beyond the technical aspects, very good. The story, as you may have guessed, is the classic one of an impossible love, treated since ancient greek-roman in a thousand sauces, however, is the sort that in recent years (say ten, fortunately, is low) had a lot of dissemination: one could define, not forcibly, a romantic comedy, since the dense parts of hilarity are many, and the love story of the pivot of the film (at the bottom is far Lubitsch stranger to the genre that, to put it mildly). In the various romantic comedies, often of poor quality, are often, if not always, the elements that distinguish the genre, such as forced marriage, one of the two lovers out of the reach of the other, the gag erotic, often banquets; it ' The squirrel 'Lubitch perfectly able to mix all these elements together to obtain a formula very funny (hard to hold at least a smile when the protagonist, who is leaving his country, being chased by a hundred women's cries invasive and a' Thanks for us happy, 'and he said' I did what I could, 'and then a forty children and the cry' hello dad! ') and at the same time full of action, as the attack of the soldiers to the gang of bandits, fought mainly snowballs, or the incursion of these bandits in the fortress while they are all drunk, where they join the party. Another scene worth mentioning (even to emphasize the particularity of the female image of the robber played by Pola Negri, far from being subdued, almost a femme fatale), takes place in the camp of the robbers, soon after they themselves have tried to kill their leader, father of the robber: a whip with this backside of these stresses for punishment, but these do not seem to disdain, and her father says, 'Do not spoil them too'. Also note the great sets, which help to give a fantastic atmosphere (some are almost abstract architectural form), the only element of immaturity in a very pleasant film, Beyond the artistic, perhaps using some tricks to reduce the visual field and include it in various forms, to escape the problem of environmental perspective, but you can forgive a silent German film of 1921 (there is still some years to see Lang's Metropolis, 1927). Stumble resetting to the recent Mark Dalpane, which contributes to a more sparkling.

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Religiolous up again, in reply to a comment

haha. After this review I could not wait even personal attacks, however, accept that. Premise that is just my opinion, not an absolute truth (otherwise, I figure the type of film), I would drop the attention (which seems rather ambitious) on the very concept of science and reason, that which comes from Descartes del'800 until the end, and that the twentieth-century epistemology, derived from mathematical and physical crisis (see the relativism of Einstein) has in fact destroyed. It 'obvious that in the review it seems that I should justify religions, but is secretly my criticism here. Can I still share that the documentary has not scientific claims (otherwise it would seem a book Odifreddi), but this, according to me, not by prejudice based on a method that does not personally agree with.

PS: I wanted to post something like that anyway, so I do not wish to contradict anyone's remarks were only a catalyst.

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Watchmen

Zack Snyder
With Malin Akerman, Jackie Earle Haley, Carla Gugino, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Matthew Goode, Billy Crudup, Patrick Wilson, Stephen McHattie, Matt Frewer, Carrie Genzel

We are undoubtedly facing a particular job, certainly worthy of note. This does not mean that it is a masterpiece, and unfortunately it is hard also to say that it is a good movie.
But let's start from the positive side, those who make a movie to see: every great work (and, as already stated, that it is difficult to define it) has several floors, or levels of reading, you can also read Watchmen least three ways, all interesting: the first, the simplest, most direct, the direct to the general public is obviously purely narrative, which relates the story and characters. This is perhaps the most successful, and even more unusual and less trivial: first, the characters are very special (of course many of the advantages due to the film are first and foremost qualities of the original graphic novel), we see the usual hyperactive and superheroes intent on saving the world, but men and women, tired, disillusioned, recognizing the impossibility of obtaining a ransom by a company which for many years now does not want them more (Nixon , in his umpteenth term, banned the masks). And even when some of them seek a return to the glories of the past know that nothing is as before, except perhaps that he knew from the beginning that this beautiful world has never existed (the U.S. won the Vietnam War, but it seems that just from there has started an inexorable decline). E 'from here that the public understands that the film is a mature audience, not children and adolescents. Reflections on life's questions are not spared, and if you are interested in this type of film may be too boring (considering the general work).
The second level is the social one, and that is what has made the critical success of the film, on closer inspection, however, its strength will stop when it senses that are simple considerations included in a critical way about America ( little) superhero comics. The world is in the midst of the Cold War in the 80s is getting more dangerous, and the U.S. and USSR to limit the conflict, Nixon is in his fifth term, on city streets is death and destruction, and the police no longer has any power, can no longer hope even in the masked heroes, bright in the Second World War. The social aspect is, as mentioned above, when considered extremely valuable functional scope narrative, but got itself shows some uncertainty.
The third issue, the more complex, it is purely metaphysical, and flows directly into nihilism and relativism (which sorry, but can not be criticized here). Obviously this is generic and fake, but interesting as a metaphysical argument in a film of this kind is at least rare.
In a nutshell these are the interesting aspects, and apply the vision widely. Regarding defects, I will be brief, there is not much to say. The film is very long (two hours), and if not seen in cinema will be hard not to get distracted ever, the characters are too many, and we understand how the project was too ambitious in wanting to keep all the contents of balloon. Finally, it is certainly too many irons in the fire, there are many interesting topics that are barely mentioned (but perhaps is more valid is the character ...).
Are you tired of the usual fumettone year 50 (and also of the darker but still good like the last Batman), this alternative post-punk cynicism peppered with and without a happy ending for you.
Rating: 7.5 / 10