ROSALIE GOES SHOPPING
A film review by Michael Pilling
Copyright 1990 Michael Pilling
Yesterday I went and saw this film, hoping to find something wonderful like BAGDAD CAFE' or pleasant and simple like ZUCKERBABY.
There are many movies that I don't care for, but can see why others would enjoy them or find some value in them.
This movie was just drivel, it had no redeeming features. There was no plot, only there slightest hint of a story. It was not an art film, it was incoherent to the point of wondering what was going on. There were many scenes that added nothing to the film, either in terms of the plot or the mood. The photograpy was technically good, but special effects were used everywere and just irritated the viewer. Anyone can rotate a polariser while filming. Large uninteruped sections of dialog in german exceeded the ability of most people to extrapolate from the context.
This should have been a short story - 15 minutes at the most. I really resent having paid A$10 to see this, especially when it is advertised as brilliant like bagdad cafe. In short it isn't it is a great dissapointment.
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_--_|\ Michael John Pilling,
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v Queensland, 4072 Australia.
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