Minimalist, visually innovative and distinctly art-house Sally Potter's
"The Gold Diggers" is all of these, meaning its audience is also
distinctly limited. You might even go so far as to say it's the kind of
pretentious twaddle that gives art-house movies a bad name, though
Potter did manage to draw an Oscar-winning actress, (Julie Christie),
into the proceedings. There is little in the way of plot. (as you might
expect), and typical of Potter it can be read as some kind of feminist
tract, that is if you have to 'read' it or see it at all. Highly
regarded in some quarters, largely dismissed in others; personally I
found it intolerable.
Thursday 31 January 2019
THE GOLD DIGGERS no stars
Minimalist, visually innovative and distinctly art-house Sally Potter's
"The Gold Diggers" is all of these, meaning its audience is also
distinctly limited. You might even go so far as to say it's the kind of
pretentious twaddle that gives art-house movies a bad name, though
Potter did manage to draw an Oscar-winning actress, (Julie Christie),
into the proceedings. There is little in the way of plot. (as you might
expect), and typical of Potter it can be read as some kind of feminist
tract, that is if you have to 'read' it or see it at all. Highly
regarded in some quarters, largely dismissed in others; personally I
found it intolerable.
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