AZZenny
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No spoilers here --
SPLENDID! Splendid, splendid. Edward Norton is just so fine as a 19th century Viennese Illusionist -- magician is too coarse a term -- of modest background renewing a tangled love affair since early adolescence with a noblewoman (Jessica Biel). Paul Giammati is really excellent as the Viennese police inspector half in the pocket of the decadent but brilliant Crown Prince Leopold -- played superbly by Rufus Sewell -- who is the third part of the love triangle.
The period setting is probably as done as well as any I've seen in a long, long time -- old Europe on the cusp of modernity. Filmed in Prague, which many people say is the last really beautiful old city in Europe. The cinematography is incredible -- beautiful, subtle, such a pleasure to see a movie that cares about how it comes across visually, and somehow it brings the feeling of an old Vienna. The script and editing are tight. The dialogue gets a little weak now and then, but only once did it snap me out of the film.
The three of us who went all agreed -- definite Oscar caliber film, extremely enjoyable, we all want to see it again.
Think of it as a bit of a mystery-thriller.
SPLENDID! Splendid, splendid. Edward Norton is just so fine as a 19th century Viennese Illusionist -- magician is too coarse a term -- of modest background renewing a tangled love affair since early adolescence with a noblewoman (Jessica Biel). Paul Giammati is really excellent as the Viennese police inspector half in the pocket of the decadent but brilliant Crown Prince Leopold -- played superbly by Rufus Sewell -- who is the third part of the love triangle.
The period setting is probably as done as well as any I've seen in a long, long time -- old Europe on the cusp of modernity. Filmed in Prague, which many people say is the last really beautiful old city in Europe. The cinematography is incredible -- beautiful, subtle, such a pleasure to see a movie that cares about how it comes across visually, and somehow it brings the feeling of an old Vienna. The script and editing are tight. The dialogue gets a little weak now and then, but only once did it snap me out of the film.
The three of us who went all agreed -- definite Oscar caliber film, extremely enjoyable, we all want to see it again.
Think of it as a bit of a mystery-thriller.
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