A Wedding
When I attempted at watching „North by Northwest“ without subtitltes, I completely failed. But in this movie, I actually had no problem understanding the dialogue. The only difficult part was the fact that this movie simply had way too many people. It took me a little while, but slowly, I have managed to get a grasp of the cast.
What should I say, I have seen Gosford Park and Short Cuts, I also saw M*A*S*H, and I must admit that I agree with the critics that „A Wedding“ is perhaps the weakest of Altman’s films I have seen. Especially in direct comparison to Gosford Park, I find that „A Wedding“ was much less funny, and there was such a hilarious, shocking plot twist at the end. I also kept comparing this film to „La Règle du Jeu“, and realized how much better the 1934 classic is, and how difficult it is to compose an ensemble film.
In terms of hilarity, the best scene for me was the one when Luigi and his brother finally met again. That was much better than the daughter counting the number of men she slept with. Speaking of the daughter who slept around, I didn’t realize she was Mia Farrow! Ahaha! It’s shocking how I really don’t any of those actors, how unusual.
I think that „A Wedding“ is actually a good film, and the directing is absolutely solid. However, somehow I expected the master of ensemble films Altman would have done a better job with the best ensemble film setting possible, a marriage. But in general, this was not bad. Now onto the next evening filler and the last film of my starting list, „The Leopard“!