Monday, September 23, 2013
The Lady Vanishes (2013)
The Lady Vanishes (2013. D: Diarmuid Lawrence. Charles Aitken, Paolo Antonio, Osaba Mokany) A remake of the Hitchcock classic. Not bad. Since most of the story takes place on a train, the train sets and sequences are crucial to the effect. They’re quite well done here, especially the actuality of crowded corridors and the differences between the classes. The other crucial element is the character of the girl whom no one will believe. Mokany as Iris Carr does a creditable job. The other actors generate just the right amount if smugness, self-centred obliviousness, and menace masked by careful good manners. That the logjam of deception loosens when an adulteress decides to revenge herself on her callous lover adds a nice little irony. **½
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