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...Secret in Their Eyes,” is the fourth feature-length film by Argentinean director Juan José Campanella. Based on Eduardo Sacheri’s novel “La pregunta de sus ojos” (“The Question in Their Eyes”), the film flits back and forth between 1974 and the present day, as it tells the story of Argentinean formal federal justice agent, Benjamín Espósito (Ricardo Darín) who is haunted by a 25-year old unsolved crime, as well as the lost opportunities...
...that those same shots have already been done before in other films, only better. The style of the film is somewhat reminiscent of episodes of “Law and Order” in the way the camera films investigators walking around a city talking about crime. And indeed, Campanella directed several episodes of the show. Imitating the visual style of Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar, Campanella frames some shots with dramatic red curtains and varies shots between warm and cold colors, but he does not use the effect consistently. Campanella shows the violent, bloody corpse in long takes...
...rate, what the film lacks is inventiveness, as it continuously resorts to clichés. In a recurring image, Campanella shows a woman’s hand on the side of a window of a moving train and, of course, a tear in her eyes as she tries to hold onto her lover’s hand through the glass. The atmosphere is so sappy that one might find oneself wishing she could just fall into the tracks...
...unresponsive upper register, which gained some audience sympathy. Prokofiev, the composer of the evening, made his final appearance with “Sonata No. 3,” played by Xi Li ’09, who also showcased Franz Liszt’s “La Campanella.” The charming performance of this bell-like piece, based on a theme by violin-god Niccolo Paganini, further emphasized the piano’s intonation problems. Someone needs to tune that thing before the next concert. Wei-Jen Yuan ’06 sensitively balanced the voicing, emphasizing...
...Father Amaro, which cost $1.8 million, broke Mexico's box-office record its first weekend out and has grossed almost $25 million worldwide - aided in no small part by the Catholic Church's angry public boycott of the film. Those numbers have Hollywood recruiting Latins like Juan José Campanella, whose Son of the Bride, a touching comic drama about family and mid-life crisis, is being remade in English starring Adam Sandler. What are the U.S. studios looking for? In today's Hollywood, says Campanella, "the emotional element is missing. Once upon a time, American films could guarantee...