Fifteen years after I first saw this masterpiece it stands up frighteningly well.
The true sign of the class of the whole production is the sheer number of moments that stick with you years later - often at a subliminal level.
After Jedburgh and Grogan it is hard to take any American at face value even today.
The script is taut, the production is visually and aurally inventive and still compelling (without the CGI refuge so common today), the performances from lead to single-scene are never less than superb - and then there is the soundtrack...
Dated somewhat (inevitable given the lack of mobile phones!) the quality of direction makes this something that everyone should see at least once...
The true sign of the class of the whole production is the sheer number of moments that stick with you years later - often at a subliminal level.
After Jedburgh and Grogan it is hard to take any American at face value even today.
The script is taut, the production is visually and aurally inventive and still compelling (without the CGI refuge so common today), the performances from lead to single-scene are never less than superb - and then there is the soundtrack...
Dated somewhat (inevitable given the lack of mobile phones!) the quality of direction makes this something that everyone should see at least once...
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