Monday, 9 June 2014

At sea for life

The Legend of 1900 (1998)

Written and directed by Giuseppe Tornatore this film stars Tim Roth, Pruitt Taylor Vince and Melanie Thierry. An orphan with an unusual musical talent grows up on a passenger liner that travels between Europe and the United States.

On a thematic level this film works really well, exploring the idea of immigrant dreams and fears of reality. At times some of the dialogue is a little over the top for my taste but generally the story works well. Some of the CGI is a little dated but otherwise this is a well made film with a nice score from Ennio Morricone.


4/5

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