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This BBC miniseries stays true to the book where others have shockingly not bothered to follow the narrative of one of the best novels in western literature.
While the acting left something to be desired and the opening monologue made me want to scream, I was intrigued by the story and willing to go where the narrative took me.
What doesn't work is a sharp left turn in the narrative about an hour into the proceedings, with an absolutely unbelievable (and unforgivable) turn of events pitting the robbers against each other.
However, in this film there is very little of interest other than a freewheeling narrative that offers occasional insights into the permissive and casual attitudes of the youth of the late '60s/early '70s.
Judging by the stills on the back of the VHS-cover and based on the narrative during the first half of the film, I would unhesitatingly describe "Delirium" as a crude and misogynistic slasher reminiscent of "Maniac" and "Don't Go in the House".
it has a cohesive narrative that is logical and persuasive.
I always needed at least a bit of narrative drive in a film.
With the clever narrative and handwriting from Jane Austen and BBC it made the series well worth 10 stars.
Starting with the positive: X is pretty to look at and has a great premise - the two opposing sides that make up the narrative have valid reasons for doing what they do, rather than the "we're good and they're evil" style of anime plot writing that is very common.
Just one still photograph after another, another silent video after that, all edited together randomly, with that annoying hack hairball "Damon Fox" providing an obnoxious and grating narrative.
Completed in less than one month and having a sparse budget, the skillfully edited work benefits from a forcefully driven narrative that includes several parallel plot strings.
The first two episodes are hurt by a weak narrative (the protagonists appear to recall information they should not be privy to), while the last chapter is hurt by miscasting (neither Douglas nor Angeli looks quite comfortable doing these gymnastic moves).
Have we been so stifled by Hollywood formulas and actors studio mannerisms that we need throw gold stars and superlatives at anything that does not retread plot devices or boast a familiar narrative contrivance?
This film is not so much about a particular story or narrative as it is about analyzing, exploring, and creating a visual palette for ideas about traveling to and from the past, present, and future as it relates to our constant journey back and forth into our own psyches and our collective unconscious.
The director, who is a very good director, as he showed in his last film "La gente de la Universal", decide to show of his 12 plus years of producing TV commercials in detriment of any sort of narrative criteria.
One of the few bright spots is that Gershon's voice over narrative seemed cool and had some good lines.
I am at a loss of words after watching this one which is more than a film, it is an experience therefore, the only words in which this masterpiece can be described are adjectives-mind blowing, shocking, great in narrative and style, simple and subtle, poignant, brilliant exposition.
The look and design of the sets is unique and the narrative is certainly original!!
After seeing "Lady Snowblood", I now have endless respect for Toshiya Fujita's spectacular exploitation classic and actually a little less admiration for QT, since he blindly copied the entire concept of this film and even took over the ingenious narrative structure.
An unfunny comedy with a silly premise that moves arbitrarily from situation to situation with little or no regard for narrative sense.
Neither is the movie; if anything, Polanski goes to such dark depths here that it's almost neglectful not to say that there's something old-fashioned stirring in the narrative.
This narrative is rich in detail and there would have been plenty of room for cinematic development.
As the multi-layered narrative weaves it way from one uncomfortable moment to the next, via hidden camera scenes too, one 'Question' keeps repeating in your mind; how the hell did this ever get made?
Much can be said about David Lynch but I think the mistake most people make is to think that he is trying to create a coherent and straight forward narrative structure.
The country music by Tom Waits and Crystal Gayle hopes to work as a narrative theme, when actually a stronger screenplay might have sufficed.
The story of a diverse handful of survivors adrift in the Atlantic after their ship is torpedoed, it represents one of the technical and narrative challenges that Hitchcock at the time was beginning to impose on himself.
The other story was boring, the characters was such a mess, and it was plenty of narrative mistakes: occurred at present time and it's about a journalist who travels (along with his husband, her brother in law and the girlfriend of that one) to that small village in order to investigate the incident and take some pictures.
I wasn't expecting such an emotion attack but I was fully involved in the narrative.
How about having visual images first and then thinking about what narrative can build out of the images?
Burnt Money, a provocative, severe crime thriller from Argentina, begins like a Spanish- language Guy Ritchie narrative, with an assembly of criminals arranging a heist.
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