Sunday, March 16, 2008

The Duellists (1977)


Ridley Scott directed his first film at 1,977: The Duellists. He was preparing projects such as Blade Runner, but we can already recognise his mastery in directing actors and his speciality, the creation of atmospheres. This film, based in the Joseph Conrad short story "The Duel", has the freshness of an opera prima .

Many scenes to remember in a short runtime of one hundred minutes, and some actors in a state of grace: you come to think of the misfortune to find a crazy furious as Lieutenant Feraud (Harvey Keitel).

A luxury for a manager to have his first work with Carradine and Keitel. No less luxury in the rest of the cast highlights, stressing Tom Conti and Albert Finney, the latter giving life to an elusive Fouché.

Next time D'Hubert!

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