Monday, October 15, 2007

Notes on "The Legend of 1900"

There are movies where you can see that the director imagines that he/she is leading the audience by the hand and the audiences eyes are wide and mouth agape at the wonders of every turn. Its not a good sign when you are thinking about this in the middle of the movie. The Legend of 1900 is a fable about a man who is born on ocean liner and never leaves. It is beautifully shot and there are some quite evocative scenes, but I think you would have to want it very badly to find yourself falling under this movie's spell. It is very long.

- J

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