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Articles tagged "bruno ganz" DVD Film ReviewYouth Without Youthby Matt Mazur[5.Jun.08] :. "You learn more quickly, more profoundly in dreams" -- the audience becomes a part of the hallucinations.  DVD Film ReviewVitusby Mike Schiller[21.Jan.08] :. Vitus is as thoughtful as it is heartwarming, its languid pace providing interesting juxtaposition to the story of a boy forced to grow up too fast.  Film ReviewYouth Without Youthby Cynthia Fuchs[19.Dec.07] :. Based on the writings of Mircea Eliade, Francis Ford Coppola's first movie in 10 years is goofy, contrived, and self-absorbed.  Film ReviewVitus (2006)by Cynthia Fuchs[29.Jun.07] :. Vitus explores the demands placed on children generally through a special and contrived case.  Film ReviewDownfall (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[4.Aug.05] :. Eva and Hitler kill themselves off-screen, the precise steps they took unseen because, the director says, 'the worst thing that could happen to this most horrible person of history is that he become a myth'. PopMatters PickDVD Film ReviewDownfall (Der Untergang) (2004)by Lester Pimentel[4.Mar.05] :. Downfall's preoccupation with a flesh-and-blood Hitler is central to its meditation on fanaticism. The Manchurian Candidate (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[22.Dec.04] :. Demme's movie reasserts that the fabled U.S. political landscape isn't transparent or democratic, but instead, corrupted by the individuals who manage it. The Manchurian Candidate (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[30.Jul.04] :. The Manchurian Candidate draws a line between the corporation and the government, sustaining a hope that the U.S. system might be salvaged by an honestly free election. Wings of Desire (Der Himmel über Berlin) (1987)by Michael S. Smith[22.Sep.03] :. Wings of Desire is the most optimistic of films, finding freedom and potential in the quotidian privileges most of us take for granted. |
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