The Fall (R)
date:Monday, September 1, 2008 time:7:30 PM venue:Cinestudio address:300 Summit Street Hartford, CT 06106 View map from:Cinestudio
(2008) Directed by Tarsem Singh. Screenplay by Tarsem Singh, Dan Gilroy
and Nico Soultanakis, based on the Bulgarian film "Yo Ho Ho." Cast: Lee
Pace, Justine Waddell, Catinca Untaru, Daniel Caltagirone.
Made by Himalayan-raised Tarsem Singh in 2006, buried
by unimaginative distributors, saved from obscurity when Spike Jonze
presented its 2008 release - The Fall was destined to be a fantasy
classic even before it opened! In a 1915 Los Angeles hospital, an
injured stunt man (Lee Pace) offers a intriguing pact to a young
migrant girl on his ward (Catinca Untaru). As a reward for stealing him
extra doses of morphine, he enchants her with Sheherazade-like tales
about five unusual swashbucklers (including a feathered Charles Darwin)
who try to rescue a princess from evil Governor Odious. As we see his
colorful stories (shot in 18 countries) unfold, the girl's own
additions to the tales make them ever-more marvelous. "Dazzling and
delirious... a celebration of cinema, of old-fashioned storytelling and
globe-hopping spectacle." Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer. 116 min.
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