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One From The Heart

1982, Movie, R, 107 mins

One From The Heart: Review

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If this love story had cost $1 million, it might have been welcomed, but critics were waiting with sharpened quills after it came in at the staggering sum of $27 million (about half of which came from director Francis Ford Coppola's own pocket, resulting in the loss of his dream studio, Zoetrope, when the banks took the lot back from him) and returned less than $2 million on the first release. Razzle-dazzle gimmickry and photographic techniques dwarf the trivial story, a fantasy of romance among the blue-collar set. Frannie (Teri Garr) and Hank (Frederick Forrest) love each other, but feel they have to try out other lovers to test the relationship. Hank hooks up with Leila (Nastassja Kinski), and Frannie opts for Ray (Raul Julia). The movie provides such a display of technology and visual novelties that the pyrotechnics become all one can remember--as if Cecil B. DeMille had filmed MY DINNER WITH ANDRE. A director who has never lacked the courage to try something new, Coppola had previously directed only one musical, FINIAN'S RAINBOW. It was not a success, and he wanted to prove he could handle a film with singing and dancing. Unfortunately, Coppola, usually a fine screenwriter who specializes in revealing his characters layer by layer, forgot his training here and left his heart behind. Title notwithstanding, ONE FROM THE HEART is a sterile film--we never get involved with the characters because we are so struck by the hardware (including the $6 million re-creation of Las Vegas on the Zoetrope lot). The actors do their best with their one-dimensional roles, however, and the film is worth seeing, if only to watch Garr, Harry Dean Stanton, and Allan Goorwitz. Tom Waits provided the Oscar-nominated score. leave a comment
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