Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 29, 1988, Winnipeg, Manitoba Entertainment Winnipeg february Page 16 frantic lifeless attempt at suspense Polanski film transparent copy of thriller five minutes into roman Polanski new film you realize Why its called frantic mildly per Turbed bring in those that about As upset As Harrison Fords character gets when his wife mysteriously disappears in this Limp Hitchcock like Effort playing at Portage place and vital from Polanski is known for offbeat films and taking cinematic but he leaves the past behind frantic is transparent and offensively Corpse the Only thing weird about this picture is Why Ford or anyone else for that matter would agree to do a film that clearly has no Polanski drains the suspense from this film like a Vampire sucking whats left is a lifeless Corpse of a but then Polanski himself Hast exactly been in the prime of his career his last decent film was Tess in a series of personal and Legal problems kept him sidelined until last years that abysmal film was supposedly an affection ate spoof of the Hollywood pirate flicks Polanski loved As a in a it was Polanski trying to make a More standardized eschewing his off Kilter this trend continues in frantic where Polanski takes a Stab at the thriller co written by Polanski and longtime Collaborator Gerard frantic uses the Wellborn theme of throwing an in Nocent Man into a series of events beyond his Monotone Richard Walker Harrison Ford is attending a medical conference in Paris with his Sondra a no role for Betty Paris is where they honeymooned Back in even these introductory Pas sages where Walker and his wife Check into the hotel Are laboriously when they get to their Sondra realizes she has picked up the wrong suitcase at the do you think this might have any bearing on the mystery to come Walker Doest think Ford and Seigner share a Brush with death on a Paris rooftop in roman Polanski latest Paul Mckie while he showers his wife an Swers a phone that the last he sees of Walker this Means he modulates his Monotone voice slightly Ford int exactly dynamic in the so Walker receiving knowing dirty looks from French police officials who believe Madam has gone in search of some of that parisian All the time that suitcase is lying in his room just screaming to be events become More absurd when Michele Emmanuelle Seigner enters the Shes the one who picked up Sondra Walker tracks her Down through some painfully slow Detec Tive Micheles a sensuous Young but in Here to Tell you that absolutely nothing happens Between the this is a tale of a mans devoted love for his wife and Hes not going to sleep around while looking for which More or less sums up the changes in Polanki if hed made frantic 10 years these two would be making bouncy Only in a battered apart ment do we get a glimpse of the old with sex in the hallways and a bloodied body in a Here is a Shade of the bizarre Polanski touch frantic its the Only diver gence from the mundane that fran tic the remainder of the film is mired in mediocrity and incredible Polanski copies most of the cliches of the but none of the suspense or frantic comes off like a bad the Basic elements Are there but there faded and color the Fate of the characters is the script Only comes together in the last 15 by then its too late for anyone to show bits Superman turns 50 from the news services new dancing balloons and a Tunnel of hundreds of people celebrated on Friday the 50th anniversary of a Man who is faster than a speeding Bullet and More powerful than a the staged by do the comic Book publisher that introduced the cartoon character in june Drew children and adults fascinated with the Man of Superman was actually created in when two High school boys from Jerry Siegel and Joe depicted a Man who could Bend steel with his Bare violinist Foster father Switzerland at age 71 virtuoso violinist Yehudi Menuhin enjoys sharing his secrets with a new generation of i enjoy the role of Foster Menuhin said As he warmed up on his 1742 Gua Merius in preparation for a four hour lesson with 10 Stu dents at the International Yehudi Menuhin music he founded the Academy in the Swiss resort of a stand in of the Menuhin says they Are my extended Holmes an imposter London Sherlock Holmes was an that the premise of Sherlock and a movie in which the Sleuth is really an unemployed the film casts Michael Caine As Reginald a boozing out of work actor whose greatest role comes when Watson hires him to assume Holmes Dee stalker Cap and its a Chance to play a hero who in not really right and to play two and to do it in an entirely different Way As a said French films healthy Paris film directors in France regard reports of the death of French Cinema As highly exaggerate Jeanjacques a French Man with an laughs you think there is a crisis try to find a or an there All and their prices go up every talk of crisis followed a year of mediocre films and a 20percent drop in Box office sales in injunction 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