Wall
Displaying all 18 wall posts
lukewarneke
7Apr12
Expected something nice, received something really great. Clever and quick, parts of it initially seem meandering or meaningless but a lot more than meets the eye. Great use of music, some inspired acting, really nice.
Matheus Cassano
21Feb12
I love when youtube has these full movies.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFFFOfxNG04
shahidullah and Derya Karataş like this
DT
12Jan12
Having previously enjoyed Menzel’s I Served the King of England, this - his breakthrough work and arguably still his most loved - came as a disappointment. Marginally charming at best and largely aimless and rambling in its storytelling, or so it just felt to me.
William Honeycutt likes this
lolo341
26Nov11
In 1967, Time called CWT "a series of contradictions: a tragic comedy, a peaceful war movie, a success story of a failure" - all fitting descriptions of this coming-of-age tale of the descendent of a long line of eccentrics. The mid-section was droll, and I didn't care for the comedic flourishes provided by the incidental music, but there is a sweetness about the film's charming characters and crisp cinematography.
Rio Johan likes this
Hector Camero
22Apr10
There's a sense of purity, more than simple innocence on its character's behaviour related to sex, work, responsabilities, hard to find in other coming-of-age films. The ending has that rupture needed for any piece of art to avoid being geometrical. A step that filmmakers usually refuse to take.
Rio Johan likes this
Daniel S.
22Apr10
CLOSELY WATCHED TRAINS is the perfect example of a smart comedy. A tragic period, WWII, a naive hero à la Jerry Lewis, sex scenes handled lightly and without any vulgarity like the ink pads over the young woman's leg which is one of the most erotic scenes I've seen in a movie of the 60's, a lot of great supporting roles and an ending that leaves the audience speechless . 93 minutes of sheer pleasure. Masterpiece.
Robert W Peabody III
13Sep09
Closely Watched Trains (1966) DIR Jirí Menzel This one, particularly the ending, didn’t work for me. Coming-of-age movies recommended: Loves of a Blonde Director: Milos Forman Flirting (1991) Director:John Duigan -Thandie Newton's first film role- Nicole Kidman's last Australian film The Last Picture Show Y Tu Mama Tambien
Michael-John
22Dec08
Wonderful, thick, morbid quirkiness before quirky was necessary to sell a script.
