Saturday, 17 May 2014

Great Expectations (1997, released 1998 Alfonso Cuaron)

Invigorating, dazzling remake written by Mitch Glazer, perhaps weakly cast in Ethan Hawke and Gwyneth Paltrow but featuring a good late performance by Robert de Niro. Anne Bancroft also great as Martini-guzzling Havisham with remarkable wrinkles, Chris Cooper as uncle.

Darkly shot by Emmanuel Lubezki with great art by Francesco Clemente, and zippily put together by Steven Weisberg (also A Little Princess and Azkeban) - not a shot wasted. Production design also v interesting.



Why Emmanuel is brilliant:

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