IMDb रेटिंग
6.8/10
6.4 हज़ार
आपकी रेटिंग
द्वितीय विश्व युद्ध की पूर्व संध्या पर मेक्सिको में एक आत्म-विनाशकारी ब्रिटिश कौंसल के जीवन में एक दिन।द्वितीय विश्व युद्ध की पूर्व संध्या पर मेक्सिको में एक आत्म-विनाशकारी ब्रिटिश कौंसल के जीवन में एक दिन।द्वितीय विश्व युद्ध की पूर्व संध्या पर मेक्सिको में एक आत्म-विनाशकारी ब्रिटिश कौंसल के जीवन में एक दिन।
- 2 ऑस्कर के लिए नामांकित
- 3 जीत और कुल 7 नामांकन
Ignacio López Tarso
- Dr. Vigil
- (as Ignacio Lopez Tarzo)
José René Ruiz
- Dwarf
- (as Rene Ruiz 'Tun-Tun')
Eleazar Garcia Jr.
- Chief of Gardens
- (as Eliazar García Jr.)
Salvador Sánchez
- Chief of Stockyards
- (as Salvador Sanchez)
Sergio Calderón
- Chief of Municipality
- (as Sergio Calderon)
Emilio Fernández
- Diosdado
- (as Emilio Fernandez)
Roberto Sosa
- Few Fleas
- (as Roberto Martinez Sosa)
कहानी
क्या आपको पता है
- ट्रिवियाOn Albert Finney, director John Huston said, "I think it's the finest performance I have ever witnessed, let alone directed".
- गूफ़The story takes place in 1938, but the car driven by James Villiers that almost hits Albert Finney as he is lying in the road is an MG-TF, which was manufactured between 1953 and 1956.
- भाव
Geoffrey Firmin: How, unless you drink as I do, can you hope to understand the beauty of an old indian woman playing dominoes with a chicken?
- कनेक्शनFeatured in At the Movies: Conan the Destroyer/Top Secret!/Under the Volcano (1984)
फीचर्ड रिव्यू
This is one of those films that I wanted to see because of the rave reviews I had read about a particular performance, rather than for the quality of the film which was generally described as mediocre at best.
Sometimes its just as interesting to see one aspect of a film (particularly a single performance) standing head and shoulders above anything else.
I was led to believe 'Under the Volcano' was such a film especially after the Halliwell Film Guide (easily the best movie guide) described it as a 'drunken monologue' which was 'fascinating as a tour de force'.
So I expected this to be an average film that focussed almost entirely on and was finally saved by a remarkable performance (by Albert Finney) in the lead role.
The fact that it wasn't had nothing really to do with Finney's performance, the character he plays simply does not allow him to give the sort of performance that I had read about.
His portrayal of a permanently tipsy retired British consul (Geoffrey Firmin) drinking himself to death was fine. However the structure of the film was totally different from how it had been described, there was not a single monologue in the film and it was never the sort of apocalyptic journey into a man's tortured mind that I had hoped would fully test an actor of Finney's calibre.
Instead we see Firmin joined by his half brother and wife (played by Anthony Andrews and Jacqueline Bisset respectively) as they go for a walk and have a journey on a bus.
That is basically the entire film, Firmin's character is surprisingly serene compared with what I was expecting (no rage or acting fireworks at all) whilst Andrews and Bisset play the sort of dotty, stereotypically English twits that wouldn't look out of place in 'Four Weddings and a Funeral'.
The fact that the two characters are former lovers is supposed to add tension to the proceedings but it really doesn't.
Although the role never allows Finney to be brilliant, his skill and assurance is in stark contrast to his two co-stars who look awkward in comparison and their limitations are all too obvious alongside a far more talented performer.
So this dull and rather pointless film plods along towards its supposedly tragic but unintentionally risible conclusion which rather than providing shocking drama delivers slapstick comedy akin to Laurel and Hardy.
Why John Huston chose to make this is a mystery, this type of film is destined to fail.
Sometimes its just as interesting to see one aspect of a film (particularly a single performance) standing head and shoulders above anything else.
I was led to believe 'Under the Volcano' was such a film especially after the Halliwell Film Guide (easily the best movie guide) described it as a 'drunken monologue' which was 'fascinating as a tour de force'.
So I expected this to be an average film that focussed almost entirely on and was finally saved by a remarkable performance (by Albert Finney) in the lead role.
The fact that it wasn't had nothing really to do with Finney's performance, the character he plays simply does not allow him to give the sort of performance that I had read about.
His portrayal of a permanently tipsy retired British consul (Geoffrey Firmin) drinking himself to death was fine. However the structure of the film was totally different from how it had been described, there was not a single monologue in the film and it was never the sort of apocalyptic journey into a man's tortured mind that I had hoped would fully test an actor of Finney's calibre.
Instead we see Firmin joined by his half brother and wife (played by Anthony Andrews and Jacqueline Bisset respectively) as they go for a walk and have a journey on a bus.
That is basically the entire film, Firmin's character is surprisingly serene compared with what I was expecting (no rage or acting fireworks at all) whilst Andrews and Bisset play the sort of dotty, stereotypically English twits that wouldn't look out of place in 'Four Weddings and a Funeral'.
The fact that the two characters are former lovers is supposed to add tension to the proceedings but it really doesn't.
Although the role never allows Finney to be brilliant, his skill and assurance is in stark contrast to his two co-stars who look awkward in comparison and their limitations are all too obvious alongside a far more talented performer.
So this dull and rather pointless film plods along towards its supposedly tragic but unintentionally risible conclusion which rather than providing shocking drama delivers slapstick comedy akin to Laurel and Hardy.
Why John Huston chose to make this is a mystery, this type of film is destined to fail.
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- How long is Under the Volcano?Alexa द्वारा संचालित
विवरण
- रिलीज़ की तारीख़
- कंट्री ऑफ़ ओरिजिन
- आधिकारिक साइटें
- भाषाएं
- इस रूप में भी जाना जाता है
- Unter dem Vulkan
- फ़िल्माने की जगहें
- उत्पादन कंपनियां
- IMDbPro पर और कंपनी क्रेडिट देखें
बॉक्स ऑफ़िस
- US और कनाडा में सकल
- $25,56,800
- US और कनाडा में पहले सप्ताह में कुल कमाई
- $31,000
- 17 जून 1984
- दुनिया भर में सकल
- $25,56,800
- चलने की अवधि1 घंटा 52 मिनट
- ध्वनि मिश्रण
- पक्ष अनुपात
- 1.85 : 1
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