gte47 Reviews

The Good Fairy (1935)

Dialog over Special Effects. Yes, there can be a film with no explosions.

[31 March 2003]

I am always amazed with the talent of Preston Sturgis. He is a true painter of WORDS, a tunesmith of dialog and staging. In this early William Wyler Universal film using Preston Sturgis screen play we have scene after scene of people acting and reacting off each other's follies which is a true documentation of this race we call Human. This film depicts the constant struggle to make sense of human interaction.

The nice thing is there is no murders, explosions, mayhem or outright evil. All these things get in the way of DIALOG. I watch this film in awe, there is musical rhythm in the first third of the film combining dialog, action and music. You will really like all these people at the end of the film.

Time Well Spent., No Noise

Original Sin (2001)

Check Out Truffaut's version, 1969 Mississippi Mermaid.

[27 January 2003]

It's a real movie. Mississippi Mermaid has a plot, dialog, character development. Mississippi Mermaid also has the most important elements necessary for a good film. It left me with lingering thoughts and the feeling that I did not waste two hours.