Eccentricities of a Blond Hair Girl

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Audience Member This is 19th century literature with 19th century social values served straight up with no adaptation - a nephew can't get married without his uncle's permission, so he goes to the colonies to win his fortune. But set in modern Eurozone Portugal it just doesn't work, not even as comedy (it's not comedy, but some are claiming it is. Luis Bunuel might have made it so much better). The nephew narrates the story to a stranger on a train. The film ends with the train disappearing into the distance. Perhaps it is symbolic. Perhaps the film's anachronism is ironic. Perhaps some belly-laugh at it down at the NFT. I neither know nor care. Its saving graces are that the settings are attractive, Leonor Silveira is beautiful, and it is only 60 minutes lost from your life. It is strange how the nephew's accountancy office contains two antique typewriters. Perhaps the whole is a critique of Portugal for being old-fashioned? Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review paul b A very poignant story of a man who becomes infatuated with a girl who lives in the apartment opposite his office & how he gives up everything to get hold of her. It's very much about the beauty of love & what a positive it can be but also the danger of letting that rule everything you do & the ending comes as abruptly as the warnings it heeds. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member He uses a strong grounding in film craft to tell what is essentially the simple tale of a man who has the capacity to love and hate but not anything in-between. The whole plot of the film is revealed in a piece of prose that a man reads out at a dinner party, about a third of the way through. I like this movie because rather then using language based drama between the characters, it uses sparse situation based drama, which is refreshing. It's very much like a silent film in that way, a clever silent film... The one problem I have is that the dialogue is so stylised that it makes all the people speak in a similar way and have similar idealistic values. This is where perhaps being 103, the director is not as aware of modern day debauchery and what really goes on with society. This film could have been made in the 50s. The characters are not as interesting because they are simple, have simple needs and are idealistic... I do like the observation that the director is making, that basically if you are idealistic you will never find what you want because once you have it you will get rid of it because it does not suit your ideals., Indeed nothing can suit the ideals of an idealistic person, they are condemned! I like this film but the ending is too weak and the cinematography is sometimes too low in contrast and bland. Other times the cinematography is very nice! As a film maker myself, this films observation on human behaver has stuck with me and one day I'd love to talk with the director about it, maybe when he's 134! :-) Leo Mumford Writer/Director/Cinematographer www.PaintingWithLights.net Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member A very curious beast, a movie with a 101-year-old director and a story that has one foot in the 21st Century and the other in the 19th. The moral values are both central to the tale and understated, and the film itself moves at a slow pace with very spare detail. Quite soporific, in fact: we were glad it only lasted an hour. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Audience Member An intriguing story of love, but when the mystery of why it is over is revealed it is very disappointing and also feels weak. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Recensione estiva in ritardo: ammetto sono ignorante e quindi non sono in grado di apprezzare la vera arte ma per me questo film del regista centenario ha fatto lo stesso effetto della corazzata Potemkin a Fantozzi a dispetto delle svariate stelle attribuite dal Mereghetti. Meno male che era almeno breve. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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