In my opinion, the BBC production with Alan Badel is the best version to date, but I really do like this film with Gerald Depardieu...
It is stunning and flamboyant, and beautiful to watch: The film moves along briskly in storytelling in drama and interest: It is like opening a colourful picture book with dazzling images to arouse the imagination.
Gerald Depardieu is colourful and flamboyant in character of the Count, and it is a lavish production...but this version could be a little annoying or confusing if you are expecting to follow the familiar plot details? In this version, for example, The Count has a French mistress in Paris, and the story romanticizes with a different ending to the original.
The music too ( by Bruno Coulais ) is subtle, but is powerful to linger in a chilling memory of danger and uncertainty of revenge .
A lavish production indeed, worthy of wonderful praise -but rather than to express slight criticism, I do endorse this French version as I had great fun watching the film, which runs for 360 minutes! Incidentally, I will also post my review of the BBC production starring Alan Badel!
.
It is stunning and flamboyant, and beautiful to watch: The film moves along briskly in storytelling in drama and interest: It is like opening a colourful picture book with dazzling images to arouse the imagination.
Gerald Depardieu is colourful and flamboyant in character of the Count, and it is a lavish production...but this version could be a little annoying or confusing if you are expecting to follow the familiar plot details? In this version, for example, The Count has a French mistress in Paris, and the story romanticizes with a different ending to the original.
The music too ( by Bruno Coulais ) is subtle, but is powerful to linger in a chilling memory of danger and uncertainty of revenge .
A lavish production indeed, worthy of wonderful praise -but rather than to express slight criticism, I do endorse this French version as I had great fun watching the film, which runs for 360 minutes! Incidentally, I will also post my review of the BBC production starring Alan Badel!
.