Cinema is littered with great stage plays turned into poor film. This is not one of them. I've seen this film twice- unfortunately each time from 30 minutes in- but the 2nd viewing was better than the first.
Harvey Keitel is a first-rate actor. I've never seen a better performed drunk. Was he plied with a half bottle of whisky before the scene with the Russian was shot?. The moral dilemmas of the main characters are beautifully displayed, as is the sheer grimness of life in post WW2 Berlin.
Enough said. Why a Yorkshireman should have to write ten lines when he can say everything he wants in in five is beyond me.
Harvey Keitel is a first-rate actor. I've never seen a better performed drunk. Was he plied with a half bottle of whisky before the scene with the Russian was shot?. The moral dilemmas of the main characters are beautifully displayed, as is the sheer grimness of life in post WW2 Berlin.
Enough said. Why a Yorkshireman should have to write ten lines when he can say everything he wants in in five is beyond me.