tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post4807142930323846546..comments2024-03-15T04:08:16.172-04:00Comments on Only the Cinema: The Tales of HoffmannEd Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-8925093163654746112012-11-17T08:39:14.669-05:002012-11-17T08:39:14.669-05:00Unquestionably one the weirdest films ever made. H...Unquestionably one the weirdest films ever made. Having scaled the heights with <i>The Red Shoes</i> its no surprise P&P went full bore insane with this work -- which is one of the three films Josef Von Sternberg cites as his favorites (the other two being <i>Last Year at Marienbad</i> and Marco Ferreri's <i>The Wheelchair</i>)<br /><br />An ideal double feature wiht <i>Fellini Casanova</DavidEhrensteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11016905507543736049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-76280265558422388412012-11-17T04:11:32.370-05:002012-11-17T04:11:32.370-05:00Hooray! I bloody love this movie. It's an abso...Hooray! I bloody love this movie. It's an absolute jewel.vidalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05233639891382103355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-39019560336142902512012-11-16T10:11:42.501-05:002012-11-16T10:11:42.501-05:00"Later, Hoffmann descends a gloomily lit stai..."Later, Hoffmann descends a gloomily lit staircase and takes a ferry ride into the underworld, pursuing his missing reflection. This whole segment is steeped in gothic imagery, culminating in a duel in the underworld, overlaid with an image of Giulietta's beautiful but deadly face superimposed over the river of the dead with its black-robed ferryman. Tchérina's performance as Sam Julianonoreply@blogger.com