Gaudi Afternoon - a quirky comedy for the broadminded
Added 2/14/2008
Gaudi Afternoon is a quirky comedy with some joyful acting performances, set amongst some of Gaudi's architectural masterpieces in Barcelona. The plot twists and turns, as, it seems, do the sexual preferences, as the film progresses. Reminiscent of a comedic whodunnit, it's a where is he/she rather than a who killed him/her for the reluctant heroine. Perfect for a light and entertaining rainy afternoon.
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interestingly different
Added 1/28/2008
It's very interesting, in that the major roles, with one exception, are female. Having a female play a sex-changed male is unusual too. I would have enjoyed knowing why the translator was alienated from her mother. I did enjoy the movie. It was refreshing to have a mystery in which no one was in serious danger.
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Judy Davis is very good - the rest is so-so
Added 8/26/2007
Judy Davis is very good, but I lost interest in the story and the other characters about halfway through, but I did see the rest, thanks to Judy Davis. My wife and I both thought the whole thing was just so-so. Saw it on TV, and have now erased it.
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Widescreen?
Added 9/30/2006
I loved this movie. I've always been a huge Judy Davis fan since I discovered her in David Cronenberg's Naked Lunch. The characters are almost as whimsical as the architecture. The cinematography is one of the outstanding features on this film. My question is whether this film is available in a widescreen format? Having seen the film in it's original aspect ratio I was disappointed by this full frame release. We miss so much of the movie that, even with the interesting plot and characters, it is ultimately frustrating and disappointing.
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This has a plot like early Almodovar, sans the frantic....
Added 6/4/2004
...stilleto heeled Frankie puts out a butt thrown out of the apartment window of Cassandra, ex-Kalamazoo-an, translator cum novelist living in the pre modern splendor which we currently know as Barcelona. Frankie's from the States, she does not speak the language, but she's gotta find her man, Ben, right away. Would Cassandra agree to asking around in the local language and sniff out Ben's location? There's a grand in it off the top, two grand if the party is located...plus expenses. At first Cassandra balks, but one evening while trying to focus, the prattle of family and kids has her fed up and she voices her complaint to the landlady who, by the way, reminds her she's two months due on the rent--who, by the way, is also mother of the offending children. The land lady cuts Cassandra's light out, so she's forced to find the stillettoed one's number to take up on the job. Cassandra does a couple of days worth of snooping, take a few pictures and Viola! She's found the dude. It was the SF jacket that gives it away! And this is the beginning of her entire headache with the couple. Gaudi Afternoon is a very funny movie with several unexpected twists and turns. Marcia must've gotten tired of the jokes about her name, so...you get the Frankie construct. Lili reconstructs her Solanus, but softens the touch. We get to see how beautiful Barcleona is and finally the film veiwer begins to realise that this is a strange, but sweetly touching film. If you haven't seen this, see it. The ideas in this film may come very close to offending you, but watch it, anyway. It works out nicely in the end and you will enjoy it.
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Gaudi Afternoon - a quirky comedy for the broadminded
Added 2/14/2008
Gaudi Afternoon is a quirky comedy with some joyful acting performances, set amongst some of Gaudi's architectural masterpieces in Barcelona. The plot twists and turns, as, it seems, do the sexual preferences, as the film progresses. Reminiscent of a comedic whodunnit, it's a where is he/she rather than a who killed him/her for the reluctant heroine. Perfect for a light and entertaining rainy afternoon.
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interestingly different
Added 1/28/2008
It's very interesting, in that the major roles, with one exception, are female. Having a female play a sex-changed male is unusual too. I would have enjoyed knowing why the translator was alienated from her mother. I did enjoy the movie. It was refreshing to have a mystery in which no one was in serious danger.
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Judy Davis is very good - the rest is so-so
Added 8/26/2007
Judy Davis is very good, but I lost interest in the story and the other characters about halfway through, but I did see the rest, thanks to Judy Davis. My wife and I both thought the whole thing was just so-so. Saw it on TV, and have now erased it.
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