Synopsis: In the 1940's, an American couple travel deep into North Africa to find themselves
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
Actors: Debra Winger, John Malkovich, Campbell Scott
Date: 1990
How viewed: already in my DVD collection
Rating: 4/5
David Meyer says:
One of the most rewarding and least appreciated films of the last few years. Oblique, arty, and not for the faint of heart
I say:
The only reason I had this film in my collection was that it was given away free with a Sunday newspaper a few years ago. Sadly it has lain unwatched ever since. Thus this idea to watch all the films in David Meyer's book has again encouraged me to watch something that wouldn't normally have been on my radar, and what a great film this is. It's a road movie, it's a travelogue, it's a documentary of life in North Africa in the 40's, it's a love story, and it's about a relationship slowly disintegrating. Like Cabenza de Vaca (013 in my list) neither we or the trio of travelers know where they're going, or why, what they'll find, or how that will change their relationships. As they travel further and further into the Sahara, and the scenery becomes more and more spectacular, the hotels, the food, traveling, and and life itself, become more and more difficult. Another long, slow, beautifully photographed film, that requires the viewer to be in a certain contemplative state from the beginning, and to be willing to be as lost as the travelers themselves.
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