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Title: adjustment on the lighting anyone?
Review: read the novel. it was ok. saw the movie. got the director's intention. but some big problems. blanchett as dietrich/garbo. not a good idea. she's great, just poorly directed. too bad. clooney? he'll do. the problem is he is not a facially or emotionally conveying, expressive ennough actor to pull off a 'presentational' acting performance. he just comes across as moving stone. the soundtrack, at least on the dvd, is defective: dialouge is barely audible, have to raise the volume, then the music screams out. total imbalance and really irritating. my worst gripe is the lighting. sorry. it's all washed out. loved the black and white choice. obvious in this instance, but film noir did not wash out faces to the extent they are walking lightbulbs against a sheet of black construction paper. so who did the cinematography? i'm not in the film business, but the choices were right, just poorly executed. too bad. this kind of film, on paper, is what i dream of as a moviegoer.
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