I suppose you could describe Raoul Ruiz's "Three Lives and Only One
Death" as a surrealist portmanteau horror-comedy; what is certain is
that it isn't "Doctor Terror's House of Horrors" or even "Dead of
Night". The Chilean-born director is once again indulging himself with a
labyrinth that could have come from the pages of Borges; four stories,
all interlinked, and starring Marcello Mastroanni in his penultimate
role, playing four parts, (or is he?), as as always he's wonderful doing
as little as he has to in order to get by. This is a funny, hugely
imaginative and very likeable picture on the nature of story-telling and
if it's the only Raoul Ruiz film you ever see you know you are in the
presence of a master.
Wednesday 19 September 2018
THREE LIVES AND ONLY ONE DEATH ***
I suppose you could describe Raoul Ruiz's "Three Lives and Only One
Death" as a surrealist portmanteau horror-comedy; what is certain is
that it isn't "Doctor Terror's House of Horrors" or even "Dead of
Night". The Chilean-born director is once again indulging himself with a
labyrinth that could have come from the pages of Borges; four stories,
all interlinked, and starring Marcello Mastroanni in his penultimate
role, playing four parts, (or is he?), as as always he's wonderful doing
as little as he has to in order to get by. This is a funny, hugely
imaginative and very likeable picture on the nature of story-telling and
if it's the only Raoul Ruiz film you ever see you know you are in the
presence of a master.
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