Thursday, April 8, 2010

La Marseillaise

Renoir’s rendition of the revolution with his typical theatricality, but lacking his usual empathetic characters. A well staged action period piece is brought down by melodramatic acting, heavy-handed plotting, and obvious political bias. Varies tonally throughout, but manages to achieve each of the tones it goes for. Vivre la revolution!

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