Maureen Corrigan’s deconstruction of the novel in the context of noir, or “hard-boiled” detective fiction, offers a refreshing perspective.
“Young and Beautiful” might be the very best thing to have emerged from Luhrmann’s epic undertaking.
Graciously and appropriately, Luhrmann eventually lets his gung-ho predilections simmer down.
It ain’t the nostalgia the repeat offenders at Concept Arts were going for.
How do you want it: long and slow or hard and fast?
Three Comrades is a compromised film in many ways, but Borzage, Sullavan, and Fitzgerald form a powerfully poetic trio.