29 de setembro de 2006

"The Queen" | Isabel II entre factos e ficção

crítica New York Times

"The Queen", de Stephen Frears, estreia-se a 30 de Novembro nas salas portuguesas.

However Heavy It Gets, Wear a Crown Lightly
By MANOHLA DARGIS
Published: September 29, 2006

Is there something in the air, say, the stench of death and decline of empire, to have inspired the recent spate of films about imperial power? Fashionistas of course are already worshiping at the altar of “Marie Antoinette,” with its title bubblehead and hollow charms, while Forest Whitaker devotees are savoring the outré venality of Idi Amin in the rather too enthusiastically entertaining “Last King of Scotland.” Those who think more crowned heads should have rolled in the 18th century, in the meantime, can cozy up to “The Queen,” a sublimely nimble evisceration of that cult of celebrity known as the British royal family. (It opens the New York Film Festival tonight at Lincoln Center and in theaters tomorrow.)

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