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Silk [2007]
from Entertainment in Video
starring Keira Knightley, Michael Pitt, Koji Yakusho, Alfred Molina, Sei Ashina
directed by Francois Gerard

Features:

• PAL

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 2.5 / 5.0

• boring and superficial scenario
  in 19th century in japanese society then is praticaly impossible that a japanese woman can take a man'scoup of tea and drink from it as it shown in the movie. at that time traveling to japan from France was very hard and dangerous, in this movie it is shown as he goes for a weekend journey, no reference of how long he was traveling, how his wife feels while he was so far and for so long.... and there are many others "holes" in the screenplay. the unnecessary scene of how they build the garden etc... such... more info

• A Story of Obsession
  I read the novel `Silk' by Alessandro Baricco and loved it. Therefore, I was rather wary of seeing the adaptation. But when I saw the film, I was not disappointed; the visual imagery is beautiful and the Japanese symbolism was well-related.
  The location of the story is France in 1862. Herve (Michael Pitt) is convinced by Baldabiou (Alfred Molina) to travel in search of silkworm eggs in order to save the silk-making business. Herve travels to Africa and Japan. During his trip to Japan, he falls in love... more info

• Beautiful, but boring
  The cinematography is superb with wonderful shots of dramatic scenery. However, the story has so little action and evolves so slowly the film becomes tedious to watch. I haven't read the book upon which the film is based, but I guess it contains a lot of introspection by a narrator and descriptions of feelings which are difficult to portray on screen, and certainly are not by lead actor's (Michael Pitt) performance, which is wooden and unconvincing as an intrepid traveller. Much of the story is conveyed by... more info

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