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Bet ween the Frames
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Thursday , March 13 , 2008
Silk - Lacking in Vigor and Vitality
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The epic attributes of Alessandro Baricco's novella "Silk" have been diminished to a tedious travelogue when the talented director François Girard of "The Red Violin" transposes and rearranges the poetry of the slim novella about love, obsession and death with a rich, lingering visual treatment, but somehow the meaning of Hervé sad tale is lost. The result is a story o....


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P.S. I Love You - Neither Romantic Nor Comedic
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Usually, Richard LaGravenese is an extraordinarily great screenwriter. Take "The Fisher King", "The Bridges of Madison County", and "Unstrung Heroes", for examples. This adaptation with Steve Rogers of Cecelia Ahern's novel is, however, almost insufferable. With exaggerated sentimentalism and the evolving romantic hubris, "P.S. I Love You" is oppressively loade....


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