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Vognar's Woody Allen/Cassandra musings

1:45 PM Fri, Jan 18, 2008 |  | 
Chris Vognar   E-mail   News tips
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Dreaming and scheming: Ewan McGregor and Colin Farrell (The Weinstein Company)

A few footnotes to my review of Woody Allen's Cassandra's Dream, which opened today:

Cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond, whose gray tones dominate the film's visual style, is one of the best in the business. His credits include The Deer Hunter, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and McCabe and Mrs. Miller. However, none of his recent choices scream of such quality.

This is hardly the first blue period for the Woodman. Go back to the late '70s and into the '80s, when he was still trying to be Ingmar Bergman, and you'll find the likes of Interiors, September and Another Woman. Makes you think of the space aliens that arrived at the end of Stardust Memories talking about how much the liked "the early, funny ones."

Lots of critics were down on Cassandra, but not all of 'em. For a dissenting review, check out Manohla Dargis in the New York Times.



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Posted by Kip Mooney @ 2:15 PM Fri, Jan 18, 2008


Gotta say I'm a little disappointed, given the great cast. Maybe 'Match Point' was just a fluke after all.




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