1941 (Spielberg, 1979): Prince Charles Cinema, 3pm
This film is part of the 'Underscreened Spielberg' season. Details here.
Time Out review:
Steven Spielberg's extravagant folie de grandeur, a madcap comedy recreation of
an allegedly true story, with Hollywood suffering from mass panic when
it's thought that a Japanese submarine is about to lead an invasion
force into California. The period sets are wonderful, the cast full of
bright talent, and Spielberg's expertly choreographed slapstick is
wondrous to behold. There is a problem, however, in that it isn't
actually very funny: one feels that Spielberg was concentrating his
powers so much on the mechanics of timing, cause and effect, that he
forgot that what makes the best comedies funny is human reaction. Here
the characters are too cartoon-like ever to win our attention (though
Stack's military bigwig obsessed with Disney's Dumbo is the touching exception who proves the rule).
Geoff Andrew
Here (and above) is the trailer.
No comments:
Post a Comment