Yes, the setting seems un-natural for a Sherlock Holmes story. Yes, it is a war propaganda movie. But, There are great things at play here. This is NOT a trumped war for FAT defense contracts so often filling our propaganda devices today. This is a war for the very survival of a people and way of life. If you immerse your self in that realism you find this movie offers fantastic lines .... "the cut-throats of the world menace us all". The Nazi antagonist has some issues that come out in his lines as well. The rousing speech to get the downtrodden to rise up against tyranny is Sal needed right NOW. And remember the knife-throwers ... where were they from ??? ... not too many years ago ... An American Tennis player found out the hard way. No this movie is terrific and is as meaningful today as is was in the 30's or would have been in the days of Napolian or Nero. There is a justified war and this movie tell that story well. As for the all too common un-just wars ... few movies tell that story well.
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City of Women
(1980)
Disagree with other posters -- Outstanding Movie
19 February 2007
By the time this movie was made Women's issues were alive in the media of all industrialized nations ... This movie was meant to shock and shock it does. Its not crass ... it is very cerebral and highbrow. The character is lost in a sea of femme weapons. This movie actually depicts well the confusion and men and women in a new age. The movie is full of enticement followed by letdown and weirdness ... as is our daily lives in this new age. Have you ever heard that all a man thinks about is sex ... well this movie takes it to extremes. Its funny, scary, enticing, crazy, dreamy, wild, intellectual, modern. I think one of best of Frederico. He got better with age. The movie characters are all over the edge, too much, too weird ... its all for a point.
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