Set The Spanish Prinsoner Free

I have just finished watching a film from 1997 called The Spanish Prisoner.  Special thanks goes to my brother for not merely recommending this film but for gifting me a copy so that I was nearly forced to sit down and watch the thing.

It is an excellent mix of temptation, corporate espionage, intrigue, and Kafka-esque hidden alleys.  As with so many of the finest who-done-its, the film allows the viewer a certain amount of leeway so that we are able chin-scratch along side those in the film who are chin-scratching, and working out who is scratching chin and who is duping whom is an important part of that process.

Would I call it film noir?  Maybe so.

The dialog seems like it comes from a play.  I don’t know what that means to anyone else but it means something to me.  Like the dialog is richer and yet more carefully planned.  At first I thought the acting was a bit stilted but as the film progressed I realized the actors were playing parts of people who were themselves pretending.  In short, don’t be put off by the first ten minutes of the film.  You’ll fail to get at what needs to be gotten at.

So, go watch it.  Or bring me a pizza and we can watch it here.  I’m flexible.

2 thoughts on “Set The Spanish Prinsoner Free

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    By the way, I am not able to get access to the above movie “The Spanish Prisoner”, haha, also it’s a pity that I couldn’t bring you a pizza from the East to The West. : )

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