A film of great charm, beauty and invention and yet it's almost totally
unknown, Ildiko Enyedi's debut "My Twentieth Century" is ripe for
rediscovery. It's the story of twin girls, Dora and Lili, (both played
by Dorotha Segda), born in Budapest in 1880 but separated in early
childhood, one growing up to be an anarchist, the other a courtesan.
It's also the story of the inventions of one Thomas Edison and it's
wonderfully shot in black and white, with nods to the silent cinema, by
Tibor Mathe. Darting all over the place with no concessions to reality
it feels, at times, like it could have been made by Max Ophuls early in
his career and at other times like something from the Czech New Wave and
you might even be forgiven for thinking that Miguel Gomes may have seen
this before making "Tabu". Gorgeous, mysterious and unmissable.
Tuesday, 30 October 2018
MY TWENTIETH CENTURY
A film of great charm, beauty and invention and yet it's almost totally
unknown, Ildiko Enyedi's debut "My Twentieth Century" is ripe for
rediscovery. It's the story of twin girls, Dora and Lili, (both played
by Dorotha Segda), born in Budapest in 1880 but separated in early
childhood, one growing up to be an anarchist, the other a courtesan.
It's also the story of the inventions of one Thomas Edison and it's
wonderfully shot in black and white, with nods to the silent cinema, by
Tibor Mathe. Darting all over the place with no concessions to reality
it feels, at times, like it could have been made by Max Ophuls early in
his career and at other times like something from the Czech New Wave and
you might even be forgiven for thinking that Miguel Gomes may have seen
this before making "Tabu". Gorgeous, mysterious and unmissable.
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