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Match Point (2005) by Woody Allen --- Any odd speech (lines) for a
Londoner?
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i thought the Dialogue in this film is excellent... but
iirc, some Brit. people seem to think that Brit. idioms in this movie is
a bit off...
--- Any odd speech (lines) for a Londoner?
Surely, those great Brit. actors (Cox, Goode, ...) must have
contributed suggestions, etc.
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i got curious and looked for other film-reviews by Philip French --- and
all i could find were his reviews of classic DVD's
=== What recent films did Philip French like?
i like everything (dir.) by C.Nolan, and
everything (dir.) by
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Wright
Match Point (2005) by Woody Allen ---- (Are all the male singing voices
those of Enrico Caruso ?)
(is Woody Allen a big Opera fan??? --- Did he get lots of help in
choosing those pieces?)
(re: the following Movie-Review) --- Could someone confirm that such a
tepid movie-review is rare in American newspapers?
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2006/jan/08/review.features7
The basic problem from the outset is that Allen, so much at home with
the mores, pretensions and idioms of his native New York, is an ugly
duckling out of water in England.
Many years ago, while being driven round New England by a middle-aged
American friend of my parents, I made a feeble joke. My host slapped a
hand on my thigh and said: 'And they say the English haven't got a sense >>> of humour.'
Well, this appears to be Allen's view. There is not a single
intentionally funny moment in the whole movie and the two local
comedians he casts -- (John Fortune as a chauffeur and James Nesbitt as
a plainclothes cop) -- aren't given one decent line.
-------------- I'm sure this reviewer is VERY knowledgeable about
films... What kind of movie is he thinking of that has great and funny
lines (and funny moments)?
--- Maybe he loves [Annie Hall] and [Manhattan],
---- any recent ones that he would have liked ???
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