Review of Gandhi (1982) by Vincent Canby for The New York Times — 30 Sep 2020
Neither Mr. Attenborough nor John Briley, who wrote the screenplay, are particularly adventurous filmmakers. Yet in some ways their almost obsessively middle-brow approach—their fondness for the gestures of conventional biographical cinema—seems self-effacing in a fashion suitable to the subject.
Since Roberto Rossellini is not around to examine Gandhi in a film that would itself reflect the rigorous self-denial of the man, this very ordinary style is probably best.
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This review of Gandhi (1982) was written by Vincent Canby and published by The New York Times on 30 September 2020.
Gandhi has generally received very positive reviews.
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