1992 · drama · fantasy
Orlando (1992)
Directed by Sally Potter1h 34m1992
England, 1600. Queen Elizabeth I promises Orlando, a young nobleman obsessed with poetry, that she will grant him land and fortune if he agrees to satisfy a very particular request.
Our read: Orlando (1992) (1992) reads as a warm, measured, inventive drama · fantasy entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Warm, measured, measured drama / fantasy, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- warm
- measured
- inventive
- signature
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How Orlando feels to watch.
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