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Father can be seen as political satire in microcosm. As Kusturica said recently, "There were a lot of sleepwalkers in Yugoslavia back then." But its viewpoint is applicable beyond Eastern Europe. It suggests that life is a series of small revolutions against, and accommodations to, the prevailing power, whether ideological...
Even when Susan is not quite explicable or sympathetic, she is a compelling spectacle, turning heads and stomachs with her coruscating monologues. The others--her husband (Charles Dance), her bohemian pal (Tracey Ullman), her befuddled lover (Sting) and two of her husband's superiors in the diplomatic corps (John Gielgud...
The Emerald City as Dorothy (Fairuza Balk) rediscovers it is about as wondrous as East Berlin in a brownout. Seems that the Nome King, who is a talking rock (stonily played by Nicol Williamson), has trashed the place and turned its inhabitants into boulders for good measure. Presiding over the...
In the end, Hav's delicious essence remains as elusive as its geography. Although Morris keeps a straight phrase, Hav is not discernible in any atlas or gazetteer. Look for it about halfway between Oz and Lilliput.
The film's heroes are, after all, a half- century closer to death than its audience is. Art (Don Ameche), Ben (Wilford Brimley) and Joe (Hume Cronyn) are not mopes or sticks or hypochondriacs, but they know that their time has nearly elapsed, that their body clocks are running down...