Orlando
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Movie Reviews of Orlando
Movie Review: I watched in rapture...
Summary: 5 Stars
What and incredible waking dream.. This film left a lasting impression. I fell in love with the character with the aid of a fantastic storyline, amazingly beautiful countryside and wonderful musical score. I highly recommend this filmMovie Review: "Never grow old. Never die."
Summary: 5 Stars
Original, gorgeous, eternal. A sumptuous feast! Orlando proves that cinema can rise above mediocrity and become art. Tilda Swinton is amazing. Probably the most versatile actress on the planet.Movie Review: Amazing...
Summary: 5 Stars
I've watched this movie a few times now, and now it's on my shelf...
Visually stunning, poetic, erotic, mesmerasing movie...
Movie Review: Orlando
Summary: 5 Stars
I thoroughly enjoyed this film. A wonderful philosophical journey through a life filled with discovery.Movie Review: Beautiful. Strange, but beautiful
Summary: 4 Stars
The movie starts with Tilda Swinton playing Orlando, a male role (so far), and Quentin Crisp playing Queen Elizabeth. Already, physical sex and social gender have been neatly divided. Later on, Orlando abruptly transforms from man to woman with no reason or mechanism given. S/he takes it in stride, but her place in her social world changes around her. Given the magical premise, it's an effective way to comment on the attitudes of men and women towards each other, based on complete and mutual ignorance.
There was only one small problem with the casting. Swinton is just too lovely a woman to play even an androgynous male convincingly. It took some effort to go along with Tilda the man, but it was worth it for the sake of the plot.
And, if nothing else, I could always watch the incredible costuming and scenery. Architecture and landscaping seemed to have quiet lives of their own, tolerating the people that moved among them. Many scenes were chosen for strong, almost confrontational symmetries, something that definitely attracted my attention. Another scene near the end actually costumed the landscape, Christo-like, for reasons I never worked out. There were a number of night scenes, too, and many seemed to be filmed using natural light. Those scenes often had a grainy look, but not enough to be distracting.
This is an odd movie, but I like it. Swinton's little asides to the camera, sometimes just a glance, added a quirky note. It's a thoughtful movie, about tone and appearance rather than action, and delivers well in those areas. However much I like it, though, I come away a bit unsure what to make of it. Maybe that's why I keep coming back to it.
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