As I mentioned back when I reviewed the film’s trailer, I will be seeing Tarsem Singh’s The Fall for the eye candy alone. But now Roadside Attractions has unveiled a clip from the fantasy drama (via Yahoo!), and there’s not one bit of that sweet, delicious spectacle I crave. Fortunately, the scene actually works for the film because it has none of the flashy visuals. The young actress here is terrific, seemingly working off her costar with a combination of innocence and improvisation (the miscommunication at the end is priceless, whether it was off the cuff or scripted that way). It gives us a sense that this isn’t a film only for the eyes, but is also for the heart, as in a Cinema Paradiso or (2008 Sundance-winner) Captain Abu Raed or something. In fact I kind of wish the man in the scene was a much older fella.
In the film, which opens May 9, the girl (played by Catinca Untaru) and the man (Pushing Daisies’s Lee Pace) featured in the clip are both bedridden in a hospital. The man entertains the girl by telling her a fantastical story, in which people familiar to her are incorporated. Looking like a cross between The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Titus and The Princess Bride, and now also Cinema Paradiso, it has the potential of being one of my favorite movies of the year, even if its not really one of the best films of the year.
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