• mmachiaveli

    ★★★★★ Added by mmachiaveli

    Otra vez Polansky y sus anti-héroes un poco inútiles y sus espacios cerrados. Bien otra vez Polansky

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  • Florian

    ★★★★★ Added by Florian

    Ewan Mcgregor soll als Ghostwriter die halbfertigen Memoiren des schmierigen Ex-Premierministers Pierce Brosnan überarbeiten. Halbfertig, weil sich bereits vorher ein anderer daran versucht hat. Doch dieser starb unter mysteriösen Umständen. Der Ghostwriter recherchiert dabei auch eigenständig und stößt auf einige Unstimmigkeiten...

    Einer meiner absoluten Lieblingsfilme und knapp mein Favorit von Polanski. Habe selten einen edlereren Film gesehen.
    Vor allem optisch wird man hier in den Bann gezogen. Die ruhige Kameraführung, viele Standbilder, die stilvoll und modern ausgearbeiteten Kulissen. Alles in…

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  • Jericho Slim

    ★★★★★ Rewatched by Jericho Slim 13 May, 2012

    A slow-moving thriller that should be boring, but isn't. This movie has great, subtle camera-work and outstanding set design. Masterfully directed.

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  • Tim

    ★★★★★ Rewatched by Tim 13 May, 2012 3

    I love how in Polanski's movies the audience never knows anything the protagonist doesn't know. I don't know how he does it, but he has a way of making even establishing shots fascinating and full of tension.

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  • Henry

    ★★★★★ Watched by Henry 21 Apr, 2010

    According to IMDb I gave this 10/10 after watching it. Don't remember it being as amazing as that but...well...there we go.

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  • Samhain

    ★★★★★ Added by Samhain

    This is the perfect movie. Incredible acting and storytelling. This is a thriller, there are ao many subtle hints along the way fodeshadowing what the main character chooses to ignore. A tethered goat.

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  • kajdax

    ★★★★★ Added by kajdax

    Loved that movie from the first to the last minute. Especially liked the silence and slowly tempo of story telling. One of these movies I can watch again and again.

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  • Esteban Gonzalez

    ★★★★½ Added by Esteban Gonzalez

    ¨Oh yes, the wall of ego. We all have one, our equivalent of the dentist's fish tank. ¨

    The Ghost Writer is an excellent thriller that works mainly because Roman Polanski is at the helm of the project. I don`t think this story would have been so gripping or suspenseful if it was put in any other director`s hands, but Polanski has such a fatalistic view of the world that he knows how to create these dark and tense situations…

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  • alonso ruvalcaba

    ★★★★½ Rewatched by alonso ruvalcaba 26 Apr, 2013 4

    alguien debería dar un curso de economía narrativa cinematográfica y usar esta película como caso de estudio. piénsese, por ejemplo, en:

    - la solución para mostrar la muerte del primer ghost writer: un ferry que va vaciándose de todos sus autos salvo de uno; un cuerpo en una playa.
    - el adelanto de los graves problemas por venir: adam lang discute por teléfono, tras una ventana, y rompe el celular. la escena es ominosa y atiza nuestra curiosidad porque nos…

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  • inri222

    ★★★★½ Watched by inri222 24 Apr, 2011

    An aide of the former British prime minister who at the time was writing the PM's memoirs dies under mysterious circumstances. A new writer is hired to complete the leader's memoirs. As soon as he takes the job a scandal erupts when the PM is accused of being a war criminal. As the new writer investigates he finds out that the PM's past that could put his life in danger and might have cost the life of the person he replaced. An intelligent political thriller from Roman Polanski.

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  • CINEMADHESIVE

    ★★★★½ Watched by CINEMADHESIVE 14 Mar, 2010

    If it Floats it Comes Ashore…

    It seems as if you’ve made a swift jump cut to the middle of a movie. It all starts with an abandoned car on a ferry and then a body washing ashore in the night. It’s simple. It’s effective. It then starts to unravel like a slow burning wick as a “ghost writer” is hired to aide the United Kingdom’s ex-Prime Minister with writing a memoir. I don’t really need to say more. I…

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  • nimets

    ★★★★½ Added by nimets

    This is the story of the writer who was hired by a well-known politician to write his "autobiography". "Ghost Writers" are unknown to anyone, they do not exist. Very intriguing story for intellectuals.

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