Vince Keenan wrote:
It strikes me as strange, then, that Scorsese's one overt
attempt at making a film in that mode -- CAPE FEAR, from
MacDonald's THE EXECUTIONERS -- is such a misfire. Overheated
and overwrought, with direction that calls attention to
itself.
************** Overheated and overwrought? A claim that could
easily be leveled at most of Shakespeare's works. Homer's
Iliad, too, for that matter. I'm less than convinced that a
style outside the narrow confines of contemporary realism
constitutes a weakness. I thought the movie was absolutely
spectacular, with a wild wrap that thankfully distanced
itself from the bogus ending of the earlier movie and the
unsatisfactory ending of the book. Great psychology and
intricate moral questions. But more than anything, fun and
frightening and entertaining.
miker
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