Nostromo [VHS]
by Alastair Reid
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Actor: Claudia Cardinale, Claudio Amendola, Joaquim de Almeida, Lothaire Bluteau, Paul BrookeDirector: Alastair Reid
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
Release Date: 1997-01-28
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Publisher: Fox Home Entertainment
Studio: Fox Home Entertainment
VHS Movie Reviews of Nostromo [VHS]
Movie Review: unexceptional
Summary: 4 Stars
While not great, this movie certainly warrants a look before one tackles what is universally considered a difficult-to-read novel. At least you can get the basic contours of what's going on before wading into Conrad's stiff and tasking prose. This is a boon, certainly. Following the book more or less closely, as it does, it will clear a lot of otherwise murky things up for you.
As for the acting, there is a mixed bag here. The actors playing Charles Gould, Nostromo, and the Doctor, for example, all do a fine job. But their efforts are consistently scuttled by terrible acting on the part of certain others (two particular examples spring to mind: the horrendous actress who does Dona Antonia, and the elsewhere excellent Canadian actor who plays Decoud).
The BBC took a lot of trouble to make this, and it shows. Evidently the whole thing was shot on location in South America. While this is certainly better than filming the whole thing in some soundstage outside London, the odd thing is that they really don't seem to have used all that atmosphere -- it really doesn't add much to the movie, strange to say.
I should point out that if you haven't read the novel or aren't interested in doing so, and you just want a good movie to watch . . . well, I probably would avoid this. On its own merits it's not such an interesting and watchable story.
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