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The movie is really suited, 4 stars anyway. The following comments pertain to the quality of the transfer to DVD. In that respect, let’s execute determined we’re on the same page. On the spine of the case of this DVD is the WB logo, the designation “DVD Video”, and the number 11787. In the help description on the case, it is designated: “STANDARD VERSION: This film has been modified from is (sic) novel version: It has been formatted to fit your cover.” In other words, it’s a pan-and-scan version, and indeed one that is so poor that valuable information during the movie is lopped off the visible viewing dwelling. The image quality is grainy and disgusting, like a transfer from some archaic VHS video tape that’s been laying around on a dusty shelf ever since the movie was made. The sound quality stinks: One must turn up the volume to advance maximum in order to hear the dialog, which even then is badly muffled at times. Whoever at Warner Brothers was responsible for this mess demonstrates their total contempt for the customer.
Like BLADE RUNNER before it, when FRANTIC came out in U.S theaters in 1988, it’s box-office performance was rather dissappointing. The reason for this can be attributed to the fact that FRANTIC (like BLADE RUNNNER) was not cranked out by the Hollywood cookie cutter machine, and therefore not a movie for American masses. Delving a bit deeper into this, there are aspects of the film’s feel, situation, performance and get that I’d like to touch on:
FEEL
Despite the fact that it’s made by Warner Bros., FRANTIC has a distinctive European production feel to it. Yes, it’s filmed in Paris,but the feel, gallop and cinematography construct one realize that Frantic is really a European film which has an American star at its helm. It’s not often that large stars, such as Harrison Ford, step out of the Hollywood production scene to design a European-type feature. It’s no surprise, then, that FRANTIC was hugely successfull in Europe.
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PLOT
The film has the spirit of Hitchcock throughout it. Even its premise: Harrison Ford’s(Dr. Richard Walker) wife mysteriously vanishes from his hotel upon arriving in Paris for a conference. It differes from other films with a similar residence (such as THE VANISHING and BREAKDOWN), in that the audience is unbiased as at a loss as Walker is. We only know what he knows. We gawk parts of the mystery as he methodically puts the peices together. This aspect is what really creates the film’s titillating suspense and makes one narrate and empathise with Dr. Walker’s wretchedness. In the afore mentioned movies, there is a bi-linear status where we leer what is going on from the kidnapper’s point of opinion, which form things all-too sure.
PERFORMANCE
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For those critics that say that Harrison Ford can’t act, they obviously haven’t seen this movie. To me, this is his best perfmance of his famed career. Harrison Ford is required to be in every scene of the film, since he is our eyes and ears. This is not an easy job, even for the most seasoned of actors, but Ford pulls it off masterfully.
SCORE
Ennio Morricone’s accept for this film is very appropriate. He weaves in suspensfull strings throughout the film along with jazzy undertoans and meloncholy pieces brilliantly complementing the Ford’s performance and Polanski’s vision. The opening and closing titles are distinctively Morricone, mixing an orchestra strings theme with an electric bass and drum state. Alas, the soundtrack CD has been out of print for years…..
FRANTIC is not a perfect film, but clearly, it has not been given the credit that it deserves. It is a film that should not go unnoticed by movie-goers that like atmospheric, suspense-filled thrillers with first-class permormances.
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