Review of The Last Duel (2021) by Mauro_Lanari — 02 Dec 2021
(Mauro Lanari).
"Forty-four years separate the rivals of 'The Duellists' from those of 'The Last Duel'. Yesterday as today Ridley Scott does not conceal the senseless character of the duel. Nothing is more vain and foolish ... [These] medieval squires are no less absurd". Why write such a nonsense? In the film with which Ridley Scott made his debut in 1977, Carradine is persecuted by the obsessive belligerence of Keitel, Napoleon's alter ego. Unlike this last work, back then there were a hero and an anti-hero. Now, however, within a context of Shakespearean tragedy there is the heroine who, following the tradition of Ripley, Pris, Thelma and Louise, G.I.Jane, breaks the perspective equivalence of Kurosawa's "Rashomon" and, as a female figure, is the holder and depositary of The Truth (sic).
This review of The Last Duel (2021) was written by Mauro_Lanari on 02 December 2021.
The Last Duel has generally received positive reviews.
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