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Re: Sight and Sound (2002) Greatest Films Club
#270 - I Vitelloni
A solid, no-frills early Fellini that I liked. It doesn't do much to distinguish itself, but it's well-crafted, enjoyable to watch, and has some good characters. A little longer and slower than it needs to be, perhaps. Rating: 7
#271 - McCabe and Mrs. Miller
Again, I liked it but didn't think it was that special. The matter-of-fact, fatalistic tone reminded me a lot of another Altman film, Thieves Like Us. As an "anti-Western" it succeeds, I just didn't care that much about the story. All the performances were good... I would have liked more Shelley Duvall, but you take what you can get. Like The Graduate and Harold & Maude, this movie relies solely on one folk-rock act for a few repeated songs. However, I much prefer Simon & Garfunkel and Cat Stevens to Leonard Cohen. Oh, the songs were pretty, but the lyrics relied a lot on terrible metaphors (the poker song was especially groan-worthy). Rating: 7
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