Three damaged people, two brothers (Alan Bates, Robert Shaw) and a visiting tramp (Donald Pleasance) have several uninteresting interactions. The dialogue tends to suggest two have been mental patients and the third should be. But I won't spoil it by revealing who should be behind door #3.
Disclaimer: my late brother was a Pinter fan and loved this movie and could quote chunks of it. Frankly, I never saw much point in it.
The cast is remarkable, but so is the list of people who shelled out good money to make sure this movie got made (including but not limited to Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter Hall, Leslie Caron and Peter Sellers). Frankly, I'd rather have seen a movie with them that has some sort of plot. Though it would have been interesting to see what Sellers could do with Jenkins. Maybe make him the least bit interesting?
Pinter is not a writer readily accessible to common audiences but who commands they come to him. Unless the whole thing is a leg-pull?
This is a plotless movie about three characters who talk a lot but don't seem to have much to say. I loved my brother but I wonder if people who want to be perceived as sophisticated glom onto pointless material for feelings of superiority over the rest of us shlubs.
Disclaimer: my late brother was a Pinter fan and loved this movie and could quote chunks of it. Frankly, I never saw much point in it.
The cast is remarkable, but so is the list of people who shelled out good money to make sure this movie got made (including but not limited to Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter Hall, Leslie Caron and Peter Sellers). Frankly, I'd rather have seen a movie with them that has some sort of plot. Though it would have been interesting to see what Sellers could do with Jenkins. Maybe make him the least bit interesting?
Pinter is not a writer readily accessible to common audiences but who commands they come to him. Unless the whole thing is a leg-pull?
This is a plotless movie about three characters who talk a lot but don't seem to have much to say. I loved my brother but I wonder if people who want to be perceived as sophisticated glom onto pointless material for feelings of superiority over the rest of us shlubs.