The Mystery of Oberwald (1980) Il mistero di Oberwald
The Mystery of Oberwald (1980)
DVDRip | MKV | 714x552 | x264 @ 1482 Kbps | 123 min | 1,47 Gb
Audio: Italiano AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subs: English, Serbian
Genre: Drama, Romance
DVDRip | MKV | 714x552 | x264 @ 1482 Kbps | 123 min | 1,47 Gb
Audio: Italiano AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subs: English, Serbian
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni
Writers: Jean Cocteau (play), Michelangelo Antonioni (adaptation)
Stars: Monica Vitti, Paolo Bonacelli, Franco Branciaroli
A hunted man breaks into the castle at Oberwald to kill the Queen, but faints before doing so. He is Sebastian, the spitting image of the King who was assassinated on his wedding day. The Queen discovers that Sebastian once wrote a subversive poem that she liked, even though it was attacking her. The Queen dares Sebastian to kill her; otherwise, she vows to kill him.
Antonioni shows a brilliant eye for colour in this film, with effective use of tinting and lighting special effects to attach mood and emotion to certain sequences. There is some good camera-work too, with dolly shots, closeup and zooms all distributed effectively, plus the dissolve editing also is interesting. The interior design and costumes are very striking, but the film is more than just technically impressive. It has ideas about motivation, killing and fate, and it is almost always intriguing, even if the story is rather threadbare and very unrealistic. Some of the shots appear to add little to the film, and some bits of dialogue also appear useless. But even if the film is imperfect, there is still quite a bit to take out of it, and it is almost worth watching just to see what Antonioni can do with colour.
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The Mystery of Oberwald (1980) Il mistero di Oberwald
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