clodiafelix

The Riddle of the sands is an espionage thriller, but it is also a coming of age story. Carruthers begins as a prat and little by little under Davies' gentle tutelage, he becomes a great human being and a man. The film draws this beautifully, and the three leads are adorable together. For people who like boats, it's a feast, and major actors of the film are the boats... Dulcibella is a great fictional heroine and she (and the others) are beautifully rendered here.

The music is haunting. Yes it doesn't move fast, but that's what sailing's about. It's a pleasure in a fast-moving world to imagine a time when things happened at sailboat speed.

The DVD print is crisp and clear, and there are no format problems A joy to watch!

Fascinating film. It surely inspired the video game LA Noire.

Many of the sights in the game are seen in this film, eg the library. There are several shots of Hollywood police station, well known to LAN gamers. The intrigue would fit well into LA's case book. I swear some of the louche fish the cops pick up in their dragnet also act in LAN! I'm sure you get to drive some of the cars too! The end is fabulous to watch, as the killer is surrounded and the noose is pulled tight. He has no chance, the manpower deployed is overwhelming. And that's reassuring, because he's the scariest type of all, a total socio-path who will kill anyone at all.

Great acting all round, with beautiful noire photography. A great shot shows you exactly why they call them "slugs". Do watch the beautiful copy at the Internet Archive. It's crisp and clear and does justice to this absorbing film.

This is an amazing, thought provoking film. Allie is like Noah building his ark, to save civilisation (surely people thought Noah was as crazy as he is?) To what extent is he right? To never give up. It must have been like this for the pioneers who created the US and Australia. They truly cannot go back. Here, the locals watch with tolerant amusement. Charlie hints that he will continue in his father's footsteps the end, yes, he is liberated by the departure of his father, but liberated to do what? Carry on in fact. What is the solution, a hut in a town on Mosquito coast? I don't know. It's hard to imagine what will happen next.

Geronimo is like the garden of Eden, there's a snake. There's always a snake. Maybe the parable of the film is that Eden doesn't, can't exist, yet we must, should take ourselves to the limits to try to make it?