(aka 'Secrets et mensonges')
directed by Mike
Leigh
USA 1996
Mike Leigh, the tragicomic English director whose last film, Naked, won him
belated fame in America, has a working method so unique it's easy just to ponder
that and forget about the films themselves. He starts without a script or even a
story line, merely tossing his actors a premise. Through three months of
rehearsals, the actors probe motives, test reactions, try out distinctive habits
of thought, movement, and speech. The result is a screenplay that traces not so
much a plot as the course of an emotional crisis. Except for some punching up
for structure and comic bang, it mirrors as closely as possible a phenomenon
rarely presented on screen: the real-life behavior of human beings.
But none of this explains why Leigh can bring us close to tears just 30 seconds
into a film, before we know these characters from Adam.
Excerpt from Slate's review by Sarah Kerr located HERE
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Theatrical Release: May 1996 - Cannes File Festival
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DVD Review: Fox - Region 1 - NTSC
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| Distribution | Fox Home Video - Region 1- NTSC | |
| Runtime | 2:21:40 | |
| Video | 1.84:1
Original Aspect Ratio Average Bitrate: 6.8 mb/s NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s |
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| Audio | English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Dolby) | |
| Subtitles | English, Spanish, None | |
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Edition Details: • Trailer (1:53)
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This seems like a pretty decent image. Relatively sharp and bright. I'm a little suspicious of the excessive red skin tones. Subtitles are well done. This fine film deserved some better extras than a trailer - a commentary would have been nice. Price seems appropriate for what you are getting, and a must buy for real film fans as this is one of the highlights of the mid-nineties. We hoped for more, but we still recommend. |
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