Director:
George Roy HillGuión:
Stephen GellerCámara:
Miroslav OndříčekReparto:
Michael Sacks, Ron Leibman, Eugene Roche, Valerie Perrine, Perry King, Kevin Conway, Roberts Blossom, Gilmer McCormick, John Wood, Emil Iserle (más)Sinopsis(1)
La vida de Billy Pilgrim se entremezcla en sus diferentes etapas sin solución de continuidad. Billy es un superviviente del bombardeo aliado sobre la ciudad alemana de Dresde durante la II Guerra Mundial. Este pasado convive sin problemas con su presente como gris americano de clase media que vive su rutina. Pero Billy tiene otra inquietante faceta que tambien busca un hueco en su existencia: ha sido secuestrado por los habitantes del planeta Trafalmadero y es exhibido en su zoológico como espécimen de otro planeta. (Universal Pictures España)
(más)Reseñas (2)
Everyone who has ever read a novel by Kurt Vonnegut knows how difficult it is to translate his literary template onto the film screen. His works are multi-layered, consisting of the thought processes of his characters, various places and times that intertwine with each other, and most importantly, they contain various dream passages and hallucinations. The attempt to make an equally successful film based on his work usually ends in a disaster, such as Breakfast of Champions. For a long time, I believed that the only film worth seeing was Mother Night, and only now do I realize that George Roy Hill's film has almost the same quality. Slaughterhouse-Five, like the novel, is absurd, tragicomic, strange, and provocative. Several scenes are among those that film fans will remember for life. The main character's encounter with victorious Soviet soldiers or the end of his best friend are certainly among them. Overall impression: 85%.
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It's a peculiar movie that mostly motivated me to eventually find a book and try to understand what it was actually about based on it. The transitions in the film are great, but the form somewhat overshadows the content, which I don't think was entirely the intention of the book. Definitely an interesting and specific portrayal of war, which is not for everyone.
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