on 12/14/02 7:59 AM, Etienne Borgers at
wbac1203@wanadoo.be wrote:
> Steve,
> There was two series with Pepe Carvalho for TV. I
saw only the latest one,
> mid 2002, a set of 5 TVfilms (1h30 each) made by
Spanish TV with the help
> of co-productions (French and maybe some others).
Some were filmed in
> Barcelona, the Spanish city so important for
Carvalho (and for Manuel
> Vasquez Montalban, his creator).
> It was programmed by Arte (French/German cultural
channel, as you probably
> know), but the promotion was badly done: practically
no announcements and
> aired around midnight! Maybe they consider it was
not for everyone's taste
> due to the noirish tendencies of Carvalho and his
stories? It was like if
> they did not know what to do with this
series.
> The films are lacking the intensity of the books,
but the Spanish actor
> playing Carvalho IMO was well chosen. The
realization of the films were not
> always adequate and some scenarios were really weak.
But in the series I
> saw at least one film was very good, and another one
not far from it. So,
> very mixed feelings for the series.
> Let us hope better things for the future of this
offbeat PI on TV.
>
> Speaking of TV serials, Italian TV is programming a
series of TVfilms based
> on the books by Andrea Camilleri (Italian-Sicilian
writer) with his
> Sicilian "commissaire"… Sergio Montalbano. As you
probably know, the name
> given to Camilleri's cop is a tribute to M. V.
Montalban that Camilleri
> admires a lot.
> But here the choice of the actor playing Montalbano
was not very adequate
> physically. As my knowledge of Italian is reduced I
could not follow a
> complete film, but the cinematography seemed to be
too pedestrian to
> translate correctly the book.
>
> IMO it's not so easy to translate noirish ambiance
into film images under
> sunny climates… Requires some talent from the
director; professionalism is
> not enough.
>
> E.Borgers
> Hard-Boiled Mysteries
> http://www.geocities.com/Athens/6384
>
>
Merci and gracias for all this....very interesting and I'll
ask some spanish friends if they've got some tapes...and I'm
very curious about the italian series...
merci again
steve
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