PERDITA DURANGO (Spanish, in English and Spanish with subtitles)
A review by Mark R. Leeper in bullet-list form
from the Toronto Internation Film Festival
CAPSULE: Lots of gunplay, some humor. The further adventures from one of the characters from WILD AT HEART. The title character runs into a sexy Mexican Santeria priest and they decide to kidnap some bland Americans and eat them. Pretty weird stuff. Rating: 4 (0 to 10), 0 (-4 to +4)
- Directed by Alex de la Iglesia. - Rosie Perez in an obviously very counter-culture film. Javier Bardem also stars as the killer and Santeria priest Romeo Doloroso. Screamin' Jay Hawkins also appears. Perez plays Perdita Durango, the same character played by Isabella Rossellini in David Lynch's WILD AT HEART. - No characters to identify with. Main character wants to kidnap and eat people to make a statement. - Lots of running gags, explosions, gunplay, running gags, cars hitting people, and running gags. - A little of John Waters-like take on American culture. - Colorful but overly long. - Obviously a film that got a budget but it is not clear the intended audience besides hip midnight crowds. - Possibly lost on Canadian or American audience: Romeo robs a bank disguised as Santo, a Mexican movie hero and professional wrestler. - Simon Boswell's musical score is very dramatic.
Mark R. Leeper
mleeper@lucent.com
Copyright 1998 Mark R. Leeper
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