The Trial (1963)
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Reviews Counted:25
Fresh:22
Rotten:3
Average Rating:7.4/10
Runtime: 2 hrs
Genre: Dramas
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
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The blackest of Welles' comedies. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Orson Welles' bounced Czech, via Kafka. Not the masterpiece that many Welles fanatics claim, but intriguing and outrageous enough for genuine appreciation. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
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. Full Review |
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83/100 |
While not exactly Kafka, every inch of it is most certainly Welles Full Review |
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3/5 |
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4/5 |
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. Full Review |
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A great filmmaker who is an excellent guide into a Kafkaesque nightmare. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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Click to read the article Full Review |
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3/4 |
A singularly unique -- though somewhat flawed -- literary adaptation that mixes that modern and the baroque with luminous black and white photography. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Could stand to be shorter, but overall a great attempt to bring Kafka to the screen.
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4/5 |
Welles' interpreation of the Kafka classic takes a few liberties, but is suitably thoughtful and creepy.
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4/5 |
Fascinating, baroque adaptation of Kafka.
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The Trial is splendid to look at and teeming with ideas about the individual, society, and of course, film itself. Full Review |
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B+ |
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. Full Review |
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