Frantic (1988)
Dr. Richard Walker (Harrison Ford) and Michelle (Emmanuelle Siegner)
6 x 9 sketch, blue pencil, grey marker, sumi brushpen on Cachet sketchpaper
It's not entirely surprising that a film like ''Frantic,'' which opens today at the Beekman and other theaters, eventually involves this guileless tourist with drug smugglers and international terrorists, with the more colorful fringes of Parisian nightlife, with a long-legged girl wearing black-leather motorcycle regalia. These, after all, can be almost standard ingredients for a story of intrigue. What's more unusual is the precise, understated way in which Mr. Polanski pieces the tale together, so that even the craziest development follows more or less sensibly from whatever precedes it.
Labels: matinee
posted by Christine Norrie @ 10:01 AM
3 Comments:
I like Siegner in this. She has a real dynamic forward movement, while also looking like she leaped off a '60s movie poster.
In a weird coincidence, I just read that Brett Anderson from Suede has recorded a duet with her for her band, Ultra Orange & Emmanuelle.
I loved "Michelle" too, and of course, this movie. Watching it now, it's completely dated in the most amazing way. Like a melancholy time capsule. If I remember, the film has an amazing soundtrack by Morricone and features b/g tracks by Grace Jones and Matt Bianco!
Thanks for the tidbit about the duet, I will check it out! xo!
Strannnge! I've seen that face befoooorrrrrrre...
Man, I love Grace Jones.
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