Like the previous commenter, I found this film a very near miss as far as popular consumerism is concerned. I feel that the director, Werner Hertzog made the film in a "matter-of-fact" fashion rather than giving it a style and panache that this kind of subject matter really needed. For instance, the life in the Jewish stetl in Poland is not that far removed from life in the "glittering" Berlin. Although the stetl is in the countryside, it needed to be filmed in a more pastorale fashion to be counterpointed with the crazy "everything goes" 1932 Berlin which one sees very little of anyway. The Palace of Occultism theater in Berlin was trying to be glamorous, it missed the mark. It was reasonably oppulant but was presented too ordinarilly. The MC was a bit ho-hum when he should have been scintillating and on the edge which was the style in those years. (Remember Joel Grey in "Cabaret") All this said, I thoroughly enjoyed watching the film. Tim Roth plays the Magician with great brooding undertones, quite mesmerizing at times and the Strongman reminds me of Arnold Schwartzenegger in his very early days. I think he must be a very sweet man as that's how he plays the character. This film is definitely worth watching and there are many things in it that Mr. Hertzog should be highly commended for. My main comment would be lack of a difinative style.
Review of Invincible
