Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Transylvania Review by Spodarek

As part of the World Cinema in Wellington, New Zealand, I reviewed this film for Lumiere Reader.

Transylvania, by Tony Gatlif, opens with beautiful images of the Romanian countryside shot from a moving car, from different angles, in slow and fast motion, blending rich colors of browns, beige, yellows, grays and decay until the car stops in a small village. Zingarina (Asia Argento) and her two girl friends wander around looking for Zingarina’s Romanian lover, Milan, (Marco Castoldi) who suddenly disappeared and left her in France.

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