SIFF, part 2
Jun. 1st, 2002 03:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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It was all about Napoleon, of course. The premise was that he didn't die in exile, instead he switched places with a look-alike, and that was the guy who died. Meanwhile Napolean swabbed the deck on a prison ship to Antwerp, made his way through Belgium then finally made it to Paris to meet his contact. Who died that morning. And his widow knows nothing about any of it.
Ian Holm played the little emperor, and that chick from High Fidelity was the widow. They did a pretty good job. I guess my favorite part was when he revealed himself, and everyone naturally thought he was insane. I was a little disappointed at the end, when he didn't try to reconquer France, but I guess that would have been taking too much license. Oh well. I still really enjoyed it.
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As Ana said, "all about the dance scene, the early joy division, hacienda club, all that in england late 70s to early 90s." Follows Tony Wilson from seeing the Sex Pistols in Manchester all the way to selling the Hacienda Club. Twas a pity there was no mention of the Smiths, but oh well. It was definitely a fun movie. Loud and with good music. Except for the Happy Mondays. And boy oh boy, did the lead actor sound like Alan Rickman. I kept having Prince of Thieves flashbacks.
It was all about Napoleon, of course. The premise was that he didn't die in exile, instead he switched places with a look-alike, and that was the guy who died. Meanwhile Napolean swabbed the deck on a prison ship to Antwerp, made his way through Belgium then finally made it to Paris to meet his contact. Who died that morning. And his widow knows nothing about any of it.
Ian Holm played the little emperor, and that chick from High Fidelity was the widow. They did a pretty good job. I guess my favorite part was when he revealed himself, and everyone naturally thought he was insane. I was a little disappointed at the end, when he didn't try to reconquer France, but I guess that would have been taking too much license. Oh well. I still really enjoyed it.
and
As Ana said, "all about the dance scene, the early joy division, hacienda club, all that in england late 70s to early 90s." Follows Tony Wilson from seeing the Sex Pistols in Manchester all the way to selling the Hacienda Club. Twas a pity there was no mention of the Smiths, but oh well. It was definitely a fun movie. Loud and with good music. Except for the Happy Mondays. And boy oh boy, did the lead actor sound like Alan Rickman. I kept having Prince of Thieves flashbacks.
