Wednesday, August 5, 2009

MIFF - 6 - in short reviews



Little Joe - Nicole Haeusser

The fact that Little Joe is made by his stepdaughter Nicole has a three-fold effect on this film. Firstly that the films production values are pretty low - what I affectionately term a 2-dollar shop doco. Secondly that things like Dallesandro's abandoned families are never really followed up. Thirdly that she has pretty much unlimited access to Dallesandro's life but an immense bias.

Tidbits of trivia like Dallesandro's relatively successful acting career and the fact that his body made Smith's album cover art are interesting - but the latter is merely referenced and never explained to the films detriment.

All in all this film is most interesting to anyone who wants to stare at Dallesandro's beautiful face for 90 minutes plus.

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