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The Russia House (1990)

Artistic piece of work

[10/10 · 12 September 2004]

I loved this movie based on Carrès book. Connery and Pfeiffer interact great and persuasive. The music-content and music-scenes makes it a ten-score.

Touching, true, intelligent and sensitive. Some politics, some anarchism, some concerts, some spying, some history and some romance. Perfect!

The filming of Russia is stunning and real. The people, buildings and weather sums it all up. Katjas uncle and children...it is all so real and convincing.

Growing up love, Russia and US fall in love, integrity and affection for each other: In the middle of a huge plot between Dante and American investigators who wants to sell "a Picasso" to Mr. Publisher Barley. But Mr. Barleys "Picasso" is not for sale...The man's got integrity and to the American investigators anger, anarchistic tendencies. Except for one of them, who actually want to help Mr. Barley. Pretty sympathetic for an American to be...

A Couch in New York (1996)

Beatutiful, artistic, sparkling and unique

[11 September 2004]

I don't understand why this movie isn't more popular. William Hurt plays wonderfully sensitive and sincere. Juliette Binoche is charming and natural. The story is like a book. And the filmmakers and photographers have caught the moments just right. The lines and words are not pathetic: they are intelligent and honest.

I love this film. I have seen it several times and Cole Porters "Night and day" suits the film and actors really well.

I give this film top score for seeing the special art and beauty of living. Few movies catches the small deatils like this one: In colours, quite comfortable moments, moods, real life-pictures and honest life-image.

Thank you very much, filmmakers, actors, storytellers, composers and photographers for reminding us how beautiful life can be.