Orson Welles' bounced Czech, via Kafka. Not the masterpiece that many Welles fanatics claim, but intriguing and outrageous enough for genuine appreciation.
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07/27/07
The Trial (1963)
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Reviews Counted:25
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Rotten:3
Average Rating:7.4/10
Synopsis: THE TRIAL is Orson Welles's claustrophobic adaptation of Franz Kafka's surreal tale of fear and paranoia in a nameless society. Tinged with background jazz, filmed in shadowy black and... [More]
Starring: Anthony Perkins, Orson Welles, Jeanne Moreau, Romy Schneider
Director: Orson Welles
Reviews for The Trial
Though debatable as an adaptation of the Franz Kafka novel, Orson Welles's nightmarish, labyrinthine comedy of 1962 remains his creepiest and most disturbing work; it's also a lot more influential than people usually admit.
04/06/07
Welles applied his bravura directorial style to Kafka's landmark 1925 novel about Joseph K (Perkins), an office clerk who gets arrested without being told why.
08/29/06
While not exactly Kafka, every inch of it is most certainly Welles
06/19/06
The blackest of Welles' comedies.
02/09/06
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07/29/05
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07/10/05
Welles' adaptation of Kafka's famous work is one of his most innovative and bizarre, a trip through the surreal that would have done Kafka proud.
05/24/05
A great filmmaker who is an excellent guide into a Kafkaesque nightmare.
05/22/05
At best, it is another demonstration of the camera vers atility of Mr. Welles; at worse, a further Kafka demonstration extending to the demanding medium of the screen.
05/10/05
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03/08/05
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06/14/04
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03/24/04
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07/17/03
A singularly unique -- though somewhat flawed -- literary adaptation that mixes that modern and the baroque with luminous black and white photography.
03/25/03
Welles' interpreation of the Kafka classic takes a few liberties, but is suitably thoughtful and creepy.
01/23/03
Fascinating, baroque adaptation of Kafka.
11/05/02
The Trial is splendid to look at and teeming with ideas about the individual, society, and of course, film itself.
10/30/02
It's an extremely difficult, often infuriatingly self-indulgent movie that really doesn't capture the essence of Kafka's novel. But it's also completely absorbing, almost gleefully Wellesian in every frame, and altogether an unforgettable experience.
10/30/02
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