MiramaxDirected by Anthony Minghella
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Miramax)
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Cinematography
Best Supporting Actress: Juliette Binoche
Best Film Editing
Best Art Direction - Set Decoration
Best Costume Design
Best Sound
Best Original Score
Nominated: Ralph Fiennes, Best Actor
Nominated: Kristin Scott Thomas, Best Actress
Nominated: Best Adapted Screenplay
Exquisitely filmed adaptation of the Michael Ondaatje novel. It's basically the story of a love affair between a map maker and his friends' wife in north Africa in the early days of WWII, told from his death bed in Italy. It took some time to warm up to the framing device in Italy, in fact I'm still not convinced it really added much to the story. Juliette Binoche, his nurse, and her brief fling with an Indian bomb diffuser was more of a distraction than anything else. The other problem was Ralph Fiennes and Kristin Scott Thomas, whose characters were rather selfish and cold. It was hard to sympathize with the adulterous relationship that was the heart of the movie. Nonetheless, some very moving scenes, in particular the last 15 minutes or so in the "cave of swimmers".
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Miramax)
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Cinematography
Best Supporting Actress: Juliette Binoche
Best Film Editing
Best Art Direction - Set Decoration
Best Costume Design
Best Sound
Best Original Score
Nominated: Ralph Fiennes, Best Actor
Nominated: Kristin Scott Thomas, Best Actress
Nominated: Best Adapted Screenplay
Exquisitely filmed adaptation of the Michael Ondaatje novel. It's basically the story of a love affair between a map maker and his friends' wife in north Africa in the early days of WWII, told from his death bed in Italy. It took some time to warm up to the framing device in Italy, in fact I'm still not convinced it really added much to the story. Juliette Binoche, his nurse, and her brief fling with an Indian bomb diffuser was more of a distraction than anything else. The other problem was Ralph Fiennes and Kristin Scott Thomas, whose characters were rather selfish and cold. It was hard to sympathize with the adulterous relationship that was the heart of the movie. Nonetheless, some very moving scenes, in particular the last 15 minutes or so in the "cave of swimmers".
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