Countess From Hong Kong
by Charles Chaplin
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Actor: Charles Chaplin, Marlon Brando, Sophia Loren, Sydney Chaplin, Tippi HedrenDirector: Charles Chaplin
Brand: MCA
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 120 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-02-04
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: Universal Studios
DVD Reviews of Countess From Hong Kong
DVD Review: Incredible Document of Bad Casting
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie is so bad, it's good. As a matter of fact, it is collectible! You will enjoy seeing two of the sexiest, hotest, most attractive people on earth move around each other as if they were furniture pieces from different sets, with absolutely no sensuality, or attraction of any type whatsoever, as a matter of fact, when Brando finally grabs Sophia for a kiss I thought he was going to slap her.
Sophia looks gorgeous in every scene and outfit, which includes two different sets of Brando pajamas, one of which comes in an unusually strident shade of yellow that is particularly hideous. Her hair is perfect, eventhough she is staying in this cabin with nothing of her own as she arrived wearing an evening gown and a small purse that could fit a lipstick, maybe two. Yet in every scene she looks as if she had walked out of Alexandre de Paris' salon for a blow and dry. Noticing the capricious falling of her curls or the twist of her hair endings was my pastime in this movie that has one of the worst scripts ever written. She acts her part as a Russian Countess fallen on bad times in the Orient very nicely, there is an iceness to her character that she conveys quite well. At her staged wedding with Brando's valet, which she has to go through to get entry into the US, she looks amazing in a pale green dress that is five times bigger than her size, but she manages to wrap it in a knot at the waist front , folding the long sleeves chinese style for a few minutes in which she makes you believe this is haute couture. When Sophia dives from the ship to her freedom she is wearing a perfectly tropical-patterned bathing suit and, yes, her hair dries out PERFECTLY in place, as if a hair-dressing angel was doing it for her.
The furniture and sets in this film are the epitome of bad taste. Everything looks cheap, including the wood paneling in the boat's 'lavish' suite' where most of the action takes place. The pale-lavender sofas of the suite can only be imagined in the context of a provincial funeral parlor. The mustard coloring of the ballroom of the ship and the unfortunate costumes in most of the first class passengers can only be described as painful. Warning: The latticed work in most of the wall spaces in this film, as well as "tropical" rattan cheap-furniture can induce vomiting if you have not been frequently exposed to suburbian furniture.
Brando was exasperated with his character, as he always looks bored and on edge. His pale-coral-rose lipstick and bronze makeup really show up in high definition and it looks funny. His clothes are particularly unattractive, except for his tux, yet he always looks great. Tippi Hedren plays Brando's wife Martha, and we could see here an early prototype for Albee's Virginia Wolf: A spoilt, unhappy, bitter and consistently annoying privileged creature who comes into the picture with two closets of luggage and a french maid that looks more like a lesbian companion or top model in between jobs, as a matter of fact her name in the credits is simply "Balbina" so she was a model or a well known courtesan. Tippi enjoys her role and plays it to the hilt, making a strong case for the failure of marriage in modern bourgeois society, her brief dialogue concentrates on denigrating Sophia's character, her husband, or both. Her presence is consistently bitchy and in seconds one can understand why her marriage is on the rocks, though it probably already started there. She does come out at one point with an exquisite Indian silk gown with gold patterns to match her conversation about Saudi Arabia which marks her only redeeming contribution
It was a schock for me to discover that Charles Chaplin was the director, as I thought this was the definitive bad Holywood movie, but then again, doesn't this depth of things wrong point to greatness?? The theme song, composed by Chaplin, which I loved, and later discovered was a GREAT hit, is also a reason to watch this movie, over and over.
Description of Countess From Hong Kong
Synopsis:Item Type: DVD Movie
Item Rating: G
Street Date: 01/09/07
Wide Screen: no
Director Cut: no
Special Edition: no
LanguageENGLISH
Foreign Film: no
Subtitlesno
Dubbed: no
Full Frame: yes
Re-Release: no
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