un capolavoro da vedere e rivedere - Ismaele
…Guitry ha proprio la passione del racconto, narra con partecipazione e divertimento giocando di continuo con lo spettatore, personaggi che guardano in camera ed ammiccano, e piccole sequenze che mostrano palesemente allo spettatore alcuni trucchi del baro protagonista della storia. Non ha paura di non essere compreso, ma ha quell'indomita intraprendenza di chi è conscio dei propri mezzi e va' avanti per la propria strada. Interessante poi tutta la sottotrama su onestà e delinquenza: il protagonista è ossessionato dalla delinquenza, di cui vorrebbe fare a meno, ma gli eventi continuano a buttarcelo dentro ed ogni volta che tenta di essere onesto finisce in miseria, salvo ritornare abbiente con qualche colpo criminale…
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…This is a short film
(barely 80 min) but Guitry 's story is dense and includes an attempt against
the life of Russian tsar Nicolas the Second , a lesson of geography about
Monaco , a trip to the casinos (royale or not)where the hero tries his luck
with mixed results , WW1,a sneak thief -whose methods would make Conan Doyle
and Agatha Christie admire the lady-,and more ...
Guitry was often criticized in France ;they said he had an unbearable ego .Completely true:that's what made his movies so exciting.
Guitry was often criticized in France ;they said he had an unbearable ego .Completely true:that's what made his movies so exciting.
…Considered Sacha Guitry’s
masterpiece, this fleet, witty picaresque about a gambler and petty thief is a
whimsical delight. Guitry himself stars as the “tricheur” looking back fondly
on a life of crime, which he narrates with an effervescence matched by his
clever editing and cinematography. With its rapid storytelling and inventive
use of voice-over, The Story of a Cheat’s style has
influenced filmmakers from Orson Welles to François Truffaut...
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