World Premiere Notes

Rick Web

Saw the world premiere last week in toronto. bertolucci mentioned they had to change the english title from "the seige" to "beseiged" because of the bruce willis flick coming out soon. The film was excellent, quite a turn for david thewlis, a much more internal character. Also, it was really daring cinematographically, especially for bertolucci. Lots of quirky cuts and edits, playing with time lapse and the like, using editing to convey emotion. I thought it worked really well!

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Rick Web 21 September 1998

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