About Zanussi's 'Silent Touch' (2/16 screening)
A case of acute bronchitis stopped me from blogging at the time of seeing the film a week ago at the OKO meeting, but now- a week later - I still can't say I liked it... I mean it was highly watchable, performance-wise: an old, mean-spirited curmudgeon-genius (old composer, in case of this movie) is fun to watch, especially when played by the great Max von Sydow ruining the lives of his companions. The rest of the cast was impeccable, too: a dutiful, subservient wife played by a british actress, page-like-worshiping Polish music student played by a French-Canadian and an enthusiastic, bubbly young musicologist/secretary/lover, of course - all good fun to watch. The finished symphony was played and the love-child was born. But, I agree with Ewa Bienczycka, who said 'so what?' in her pre-movie comments (see below the previous post). To me, the plot was highly predictable and tad misogynic, too boot: everybody serves the genius...