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Subject: Re: THE RETURN
Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2025 12:02:15 -0500
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On 2/2/2025 2:01 AM, Bill Anderson wrote:
> I just watched an outstanding movie. THE RETURN is a retelling of the story
> of Odysseus’s arrival on Ithaca several years after the end of the Trojan
> war. If you will recall from high school literature, nobody recognizes
> their old king (except for his dog) and every man on the island is trying
> to marry the “widowed” queen. This movie is so well done; I thought it
> never hit a wrong note. Ralph Feinnes plays Odysseus and Juliet Binoche
> plays Penelope and they are terrific in their parts, as are all of the
> supporting players. The photography is gorgeous, the pacing is
> appropriately deliberate, and even with its cautionary reflections on war’s
> cost to the soul, the payoff is satisfying. Bloody, but satisfying. In
> fact, if you faint at the sight of blood, you may want to grab some
> smelling salts before you watch. But I liked this movie a lot. 

Critics liked it more than the hoi polloi.  Looks like my sort. 
(Director, though named Pasolini, is related to Luchino Visconti.)