The Lisbon Story

The Lisbon Story
by Wim Wenders

The Lisbon Story
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Actor: Canto Castro, Manoel de Oliveira, Patrick Bauchau, Pedro Ayres Magalhaes, R?diger Vogler
Director: Wim Wenders
Brand: LION'S GATE ENTERTAINMENT
Cinematographer: Lisa Rinzler
Composer: J?rgen Knieper
Editor: Peter Przygodda
Editor: Anne Schnee
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 104 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-11-20
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Lions Gate

Movie Reviews of The Lisbon Story

Movie Review: 4 stars
Summary: 4 Stars

Wim Wenders is a directory I certainly respect but do not really love. His only movie that I found memorable is Buena Vista Social Club. I have seen most of his movies but I usually find them too hard to grasp. This one is, mostly, no exception.

Wenders clearly knows what he is doing, and the camera work is outstanding. But I found the story not so compelling (with the exception of the ending), and the acting fairly mediocre. On the other hand, the music is truly outstanding, and I happy I watched this movie just because it introduced me to the wonderful Madredeus.

Overall, if you are looking for a movie with a plot, you will probably want to stay away from this one. But even if you like artsy movies (and I often do) you may end up finding Lisbon Story quite boring at times. The movie is also filled with sequences supposed to be amusing, but humor almost always comes out very flat.

If you find the first part of the movie not compelling, but you still enjoy the shots and the music, my advice is to stick until the end, because the conclusion is (without giving it away) very interesting and much better than the rest of the movie.

Summary of The Lisbon Story

A German Filmmaker (Patrick Bauchau) summons his sound recorder friend (Rudiger Vogler) to join him in Lisbon. When the latter arrives his friend has disappeared leaving a few cans of silent footage. The sound man will wander aimlessly through the streets of Lisbon recording sounds of the old city to match the images left by his friend. This beautiful poetic meditation on sounds music and images taking us through the streets of hte old and new Lisbon is first of all Wim Wenders' (BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB) reflection on the meaning of cinema.System Requirements:Running Time: 100 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre:?DRAMA/PERIOD PIECE Rating:?NR UPC:?017153220087 Manufacturer No:?22008

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