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The five-year romance of a window dresser and her boyfriend breaks up, as each of them finds a more interesting partner.
From memory: An expensive, audacious, but failed experiment by
Francis Ford Coppola, it's visually stunning, but narrative (and music) are simply
not quite from the heart; it's all too obviously artificial.
Halliwell*: "Extraordinarily slim (for its cost) romantic fantasy which makes one wonder why, of all stories in the world, its creator chose this one. It does however boast attractive visuals."
Maltin**: "Lavishly produced but practically plotless romantic comedy...Dean Tavoularis' stylized Las Vegas set and the cinematography by Vittorio Storaro and Ronald V. Garcia are astonishing! Unfortunately, pretty images do not make a film...one of Coppola's most surreal entertainments. A must for the curious - others beware."
