Disappointing and gloomy Soderbergh film that serves no purpose whatsoever. Irons plays Kafka, an insurance workers by day and a writer by night. The movie exists largely without interest until Kafka uncovers an office conspiracy and makes his way to the enemy's castle headquarters. From then on, "Kafka" is nothing but a conventional horror film. Irons is wasted in a role that requires nothing but an impeccable British accent. On the plus side, the film is exquisitely shot in black and white until the castle scenes, when the cinematography is switched to color.
Newspaper article from: Literature-Film Quarterly; 10/1/2009; Knight, Christopher J. ; 5871+ words...a confidence this way, even as he can, somewhat self-deflatingly, describe himself as "somebody who doesn't know, somebody's who's searching" (Kieslowski on Kieslowski 194). And even he, like the others (cf. Franz Kafka:
Newspaper article from: Film Criticism; 12/22/2007; Badt, Karin Luisa ; 2674+ words...hotel room, where the girl lies under gray covers as her fetus dies. We have dialogues with hotel clerks that would chill Kafka. The sense of fear, foreboding and joylessness comes across in how the clerk asks the friend for "her passport," just to...
Newspaper article from: Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television; 1/1/2006; 879+ words...complot and Popieluszko ), Columbia, 1988. Erik's mum, Erik the Viking (also known as Erik viking ), Orion, 1989, Kafka, Miramax, 1991. Martha Clay, Waterland, Fine Line Features, 1992. Mrs. Cleary, When Pigs Fly (also known as Wenn Schweine...
Newspaper article from: Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television; 1/1/2005; 953+ words...1994. Gasper Dias (some sources spell name Gasper Diez), Being Human, Warner Bros., 1994. Woland the knifeman, Franz Kafka's " It's a Wonderful Life, " 1994. Pichel, Star Hunter, 1995. Ike Weir, The Boxer, Universal, 1997. Prevot, Saint...