1997 Passion in the Desert

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http://www.film4.com/reviews/1998/passion-in-the-desert Review by…?

[…] A flawed but fascinating film with fine performances from Daniels and Piccoli and imagery that lingers. […]

http://www.lucreziamarinelli.org/htm/RECENlpassioneneldeserto.htm A charming review of the movie, in Italian, by Laura Modini

[…] Ma trovati gli animali chi mai si sarebbe sentito a proprio agio con dei felini? La ricerca lunga ed estenuante (la regista ha contattato ben 30 attori alla ricerca di che potesse impersonare un francese provenzale) trova in Ben Daniels la risposta, che ovviamente è molto lontana dalla figura descritta da Balzac. La scelta si mostrerà vincente, l’inglese biondo dagli occhi chiarissimi e dalle movenze feline si rivelerà così adatto da rendere ancor di più avvincente la storia e il film. […]

[the translation is about: But after have found the animals, who would ever have felt comfortable with the felines? The long and exhausting research (the director contacted 30 actors, looking for the man who could impersonate a French Provencal) found in Ben Daniels the answer, which of course is far from the figure described by Balzac. The choice will be the winner one, the blonde clear-eyed Englishman with feline movements, will prove to be so appropriate, to make even more compelling the story and the movie]

http://www.video-online-store.com/favr/2X83T3M6FSJUX.html Editorial Review and some other opinions

[…] Obviously chosen for his own feline features, Daniels deserves credit for playing so convincingly with his sleek, spotted co-star (actually, three leopards were used during filming), and the leopard itself is majestically graceful and fascinating to watch. […]

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0780624386/gemotrack1-20/ref=nosim The same Editorial Review

http://www.nicksflickpicks.com/passdsrt.html You can find the entire review by Nick Davis

[…] Balzac wrote A Passion in the Desert in an era where Rousseau and other philosophers spent gallons of ink wrestling with the essence of man, the core identity that, depending on one’s persuasion, either differentiated him from or linked him ineluctably with the animal kingdom. Augustin, well-played for most of the picture by the leonine Daniels, seems intrigued by these same questions, even overwhelmed by them. Having eventually lost hope of any rediscovery, he gives himself over entirely to the cat’s way of life: lapping water, shedding his clothes, etc. Dementia and self-abandonment are, however, notorious invitations to over-acting and under-directing, and Daniels’ savagery grows almost as histrionic as Nicholson’s in The Shining, Currier’s loss of control with the picture almost as total as Kubrick’s. […]

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