I liked this a bit more than Pandora's Box, it's more fun. Those Kurt Weill tunes are terrific, I love the sort of freewheeling creakiness they seem to have. The whole thing is very evocative of a specific time and place (although the place is somehow both German and British). Very enjoyable performances from all involved, and some impressive camerawork. A light-hearted story with a cynical edge.

#659

seemed way to plain and dull compared to the vision imagined by Brecht! Where are all the self-referential signs, one might ask? Where Brechts vision is somewhat colorfull and bright, the film is a bit un-involving bordering the boring. It feels like they shouldn't have adapted the play, because Brechts form-language, at the time, wasn't adaptable. Beautiful orchestrated tracking shots isn't enough to make this film float.

Wonderful cinematography; the inclusion of musical numbers is also superb. In fact I'm fond of many moments and ideas here, but a few performances are still dreadfully in the silent era, and the narrative takes some time to get going.

# 658

A very entertaining movie with charming performances and pretty strong songs. It starts off with a dark edge and, while it dulls as the movie progresses, it keeps that core all the way through to the solid ending.

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A couple of the transitions into the songs are awkward, but the pacing is so wonderfully set so that the film is constantly entertaining and doesn't feel at all like a near two hour film. The songs themselves (Particularly "Mack the Knife" and "Pirate Jenny") are just flat out entertaining