- Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
- Language: English, French, Spanish
- Subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Japanese, Georgian, Chinese, Thai
- Region: (US and Canada This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
- Number of discs: 1
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- Studio: Warner Home Video
- Release Date: April 2 2002
- Run Time: 101 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00005Y71N
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #24,974 in DVD (See Top 100 in DVD)
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Writer and director Whit Stillman (Metropolitan, The Last Days of Disco) offers up this poignant and cutting romantic 1990 comedy set in the magical southern Spanish metropolis, a city in the midst of cultural and political upheaval. Taylor Nichols (Metropolitan) plays an American living in the Catalonian capital working for a stateside company. He is visited by his unctuous cousin (Chris Eigeman), a naval attaché who's in Barcelona to spin a little public relations for the impending arrival of the U.S. fleet amid some virulent left-wing, anti-American attitude. The two cousins are constantly at odds, arguing about everything from politics to women to their true feelings for one another and their constant self-examination. Largely the two men spend their time in search of romance abroad, as they humorously overanalyze the women they meet and what they want from a relationship, until fate takes a shocking turn and both men are forced to reevaluate who they are and what they want out of life. Barcelona features a turn from Mira Sorvino (Mighty Aphrodite) as a Spanish national working as a hostess, free with her sexuality and smitten with Eigeman. Stillman's writing is as crisp and observant as his striking visual take on the city and its people, both natives and expatriates. Barcelona is a terrific comedy of attitudes and culture clashes that manages to be offbeat, sardonic, and unexpectedly wise. --Robert Lane
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Conservatives who don't preach are to be treasured,
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This review is from: Barcelona (Widescreen) (DVD)
Whit Stillman is famous, or rather infamous, for being a filmmaker who happens to be a Republican. I almost don't believe his name. What could be more conservative than a still man?And his films are loaded with wit. Like a drag queen working a Moral Majority meeting, he presses on to make films in an environment of left-wing group-think. I guess that I should have prefaced this review by admitting that I am a staunch left-wing Democrat who is frequently disgusted by the liberal clap-trap that drools out of Hollywood these days. Where's the subtlety man?! It's in a Whit Stillman film like Barcelona.
5.0 out of 5 stars
interesting, sometimes violent film,
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This review is from: Barcelona (Widescreen) (DVD)
Ted is an American sales rep living in Barcelona when his extroverted over-the-top cousin Fred arrives in town. Fred is a naval officer, and it is 1992, a time of rampant anti-Americanism in Spain due to the end of the Cold War.The two American relatives meet some lovely Spanish women dressed ip to go clubbing in Marie Antoinette costumes (that in itself is interesting). Marta (Mira Sorvino) starts dating Fred while Ted starts dating Monserrat. Except Fred decides he likes Monserrat too. Fred is a very funny character -- when his cousin Ted is dancing, he tells the women "See that odd expression on his face? It's because he likes to wear leather underwear and it is chafing him." (Ted is merely dancing with one of those weird expressions guys make while dancing.) This is Barcelona before the Olympics, and the times and political climate come into play. It is interesting to watch this but be warned, the violence is graphic -- someone even gets shot in the face.
5.0 out of 5 stars
How wonderful and funny,
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This review is from: Barcelona (Widescreen) (DVD)
THis is a profound wonderful film set in Barcelona and following the hapless exploits of two cousins as they persue love and other interests in Europe. THe cousins couldn't be more different, one a reserved nerd obsessed with books on marketing and the other a swashbucking naval cadet proud of his country and disdainful of the foreigners. The best scene int he film is where a Spaniard says 'you americans kill to many people' and the cadet says 'no we are just better shots'. Other commentares abound as the american debates the left obsessed communists who complain about AMerica and spray paint 'OTAN is evil' on walls throughout the city. Definetly an enjoyable film for anyone who enjoyes europe but likes poking fun at how serious people take themselves.
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