Film Summary CCVIII (The Mephisto Waltz)



I watched this movie, I enjoyed this movie and for the life of me I just don't want to talk about it. It's not a bad film by any means; The acting is enjoyable, the story is decent and the camera work is surprisingly good. Lots of spinning angles and zoom-in's. It feels like one of those Kill Bill movies.

You can definitely tell that it's a 60s film with its grooving swingers party, ridiculous over-the-top animal costumes and overly bright polyester.

It really clashes with the occult imagery they want to convey. It often ends up feeling like a ''Hammer film''

The best part of the movie are the conversations between Jacqueline Bisset and Barbara Parkins; ''They both convey that tough elegant character of the feminine 1960s woman, and they clash with each other all the time. Especially over Alan Alda's character. he's the husband to Jacqueline, but he gets possessed by Barbara lover/father (There's a story there that I'm not getting into because the hell with this movie.)

That brings us to Alan Alda himself, who ironically is a weaker aspect of the movie. Problem of Alan Alda is that he's a comedian first and actor second. Can't really put on an act as it were, he can only play himself.

Now I personally Love Alan as a comedian, he's enjoyable to see, but he just doesn't work in this movie, he feels like an outsider.

If you're a fan of Hammer films or psychiatric dramas then this will be a decent movie for you.

But for some reason I find it incredibly difficult to talk about, even just writing down the measly little two or three paragraphs I did before was a pain in the ass.

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