• Woody’s third black and white film- stunning- just like Manhattan and Stardust Memories
  • There is such love and thought behind the lighting and set design- it’s a gorgeous film- a nod to German Expressionism- Murnau, Pabst, Lang
  • Apparently Woody’s most expensive film to date- a box office bomb
  • Great 360 degree shot around the table at the whorehouse
  • plays off Jack the Ripper, Vigilantes, Jews, Fascism,
  • Lighting of the doctor scene- beautiful
  • Great cuckold vs cocksman scene with John Cusack and John Malkovich
  • A few zingers- Farrow asks “Does that make me a whore?” and Woody says “only by the dictionary definition”
  • Fog and streetlights- a haze of grey, black and shadow
  • Light pouring in from behind the bars of a metal fence
  • The narrative is messy- feels impromptu and made-up in the worse way- and it just sort of ends—border of the archives but its just too well done visually not to archive- a major achievement for DP Carlo Di Palma
  • Recommend