Silk [2007]

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Primary Contributor : Keira Knightley
Primary Contributor : Michael Pitt

Product Details

Director : Francois Gerard
Actor : Keira Knightley, Michael Pitt, Koji Yakusho, Alfred Molina, Sei Ashina
Format : PAL
Binding : DVD
EAN : 5017239195549
Product Group : DVD
Region Code : 2
Release Date : 2008-03-17
Running Time : 104minutes
Studio : Entertainment in Video

ASIN : B0010VXMVC

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Customer Reviews

A Story of Obsession (2008-07-10)

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 with a Japanese concubine. When he returns home to France, he cannot forget the Japanese beauty and continues to obsessively long for her. The untranslated Japanese conversations allows the audience to relate to the main character, as he too does not understand the language. Keira Knightly made a wonderful `Hélène' but I wasn't convinced by Michael Pitt as the main character `Hervé Joncour'; the obsessive inner turmoil wasn't portrayed well on screen. Overall, however, I think the film is well-worth seeing.

Beautiful, but boring (2008-07-08)

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 a voice-over narrated by Pitt in a mumbling, monotonous voice with little variation in tone that adds to the feeling of boredom. Disappointing.

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