Oscar and Lucinda | | Cast : | Ralph Fiennes, Cate Blanchett | | Director : | Gillian Armstrong | | Studio : | Fox Home Entertainme | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned | | Released Date : | December 31, 1997 | | DVD Released Date : | January 11, 2005 | | Language : | English (Dubbed) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | April 01, 2005 | | Summary | Two Great Actors in a Beautiful Setting! | Content
 | This is, quite simply, a beautiful little film. Don't bother to purchase it unless you can find the DVD edition...it must be seen full-screen. The scenery is incredible, and the set designer must be commended for creating the imagery of the marvelous glass church. Ralph Fiennes and Cate Blanchett are perfect...at times they hypnotise. If you missed it at the theatres, which most people did...don't pass this up! |
| Rating | | | Date | February 07, 2005 | | Summary | At Long Last On DVD!!!!!!! | Content
| Based on the excellent Booker Prize wining novel of the same name by Peter Carey, "Oscar and Lucinda" is a gem of movie making but one that, sadly, has been little seen by the public.
Rewarded with only one Academy Award nomination (Best Costume Design) despite deserving more, in the year when the whole world was obsessed with the much inferior "Titanic," "Oscar and Lucinda" fell through the cracks playing mainly in independent movie houses and in those cineplexs that are not terrified of off center story telling and films made outside of Hollywood.
Ralph Fiennes and, in her leading role debut, the marvelous Cate Blanchett, lead an impressive cast in this beautifully shot movie (complete with a gorgeous Thomas Newman score) that tells the story of a love between two quirky misfits in 19th century society.
As part of its "fallen through the cracks" status, "Oscar and Lucinda" was released on VHS in mid 1997, a couple of years before DVD became the norm and has only in the past month finally been made available on this format. Sadly there are no extras here aside from the theatrical trailer. No director's or cast commentary, no making off featurette, not interviews etc. but the look of this feast for the eye film translates well to DVD and is here for all to see in glorious widescreen. It is several years late, but most welcomed and absolutely and unreservedly recommended. |
| Rating | | | Date | January 31, 2005 | | Summary | The book is better. | Content
| This film is based on one of my favourite books, so I was really looking forward to seeing it. Despite great performances by Blanchett and Fienes, it just doesn't hold together well. Too much of what is in the book has been left out and that which is there lacks weight. The characters in the book are so much more complex and endearing. The book was very moving and engaging while the movie is not. There is also an ending tacked on that doesn't exist in the book, and that always annoys me. I was very disappointed. I think had I not read the book, I'd have stopped watching the movie about 1/3 into it. |
| Rating | | | Date | December 07, 2004 | | Summary | Stunning film ! | Content
| Artistic , majestic and suggestive movie with a solid script .
The inner tribulations of a priest gifted of special powers to guess the cards . That will be a smart device to make some money and try to help a community for building a very original church ; made of glass .
The long arm of the fate will make its appearing in the last movement of the story.
Exquisite performances of Cate Blanchet and Ralph Fiennes.
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| Rating | | | Date | October 08, 2004 | | Summary | Please DVD | Content
| This is a beautiful movie, but please have no misconceptions about what you're getting into. It is not a traditional love story. It does not have a happy ending. You are taken on an incredible journey, and grow to love these innocent people, who burn with passion-- then you see terrible, undeserved things happen to them.
But it is still a wonderful achievement in the arts of filmmaking and film acting. It is a story about the human costs of founding a nation, among many other thought-provoking things. It was shamefully overlooked in 1998, and I do not understand why it has not been released on DVD. I appeal to Fox Searchlight, please DVD this soon. |
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