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Woefully BAD!

posted 12 years ago by Jamal-Nazreddin
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1. Lame script; pedestrian adaption from a prolix, discursive novel.

2. Hamfisted direction by a Melbourne man hopelessly ignorant of Sydney customs. He no doubt hired the musician for that hideous anachronistic soundtrack. And he hired his lumpen daughter for that annoying sub-plot.

3. The movie doesn't know if it's tragedy or black comedy.

4. An appalling waste of Australian taxpayers' money and of the talents of Rush and Davis who, I assume, contributed a million dollars each of their own money for this mess.

I doubt any other Patrick White will be financed after this.

:(

If only Joseph Losey could have made 'Voss'.

[–] dankyfree 12 years ago

Just wondering. What Sydney customs did Mr Schepisi miss?

[–] Jamal-Nazreddin 12 years ago

^
Perhaps I should have used the word 'ethos' rather than 'customs'.

White was a very Sydney writer. Sydneysiders can recognise the particular local streets, bays and bus shelters in White's texts.

Anyway, this hamfisted Melbournian and his two cohorts messed up this movie.

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[–] juliopacio 10 years ago

Janowitz and frantique are the same individual.He was born with genital dysphoria and because of that disease he grow up a very emotional unbalance and bitter person that have a tendency to hate beautiful women with hot bodies like Kate.The fate the he has no male genitals aggravates his hatred for her and when he sees her naked body that hatred goes to a new level

[–] Jamal-Nazreddin 10 years ago

Despite Janowitz and frantique being the same individual I warn you to hire this video and watch it while drunk. Watching it sober in the cinema is too annoying.