Carmen, Baby

Like an embryonic version of Camille 2000, except without the benefit of that film's production design, score, and visual compositions -- the things I actually like about it.

Liz

This is more gross than sexy.

Lillian Crawford

Another (could it be the most colorful?) version of Prosper Mérimée's 1845 classic novella, which I watched being a Radley Metzger completist. I did like more than one of his works, but I must say I found before the same shortcomings expressed by this one, the biggest…

jimmymarkum

An oddly similar tale to Blue Angel, based on the opera Carmen, this movie plays the femme fatale a little less cheerily. It's still not what I'd call a positive female character. Ultimately, this plays out surprisingly close to how the opera plays out, if what I've read is…

Sally Jane Black

Radley Metzger’s hip, modern retelling of Bizet’s opera is a broadly faithful adaptation that is unfortunately missing any real passion. Uta Levka plays Carmen, a steamy, sultry young woman that is irresistible to men, using and abusing them according to her needs and…

calum

Такое ощущение, что героиня повести Мериме - идеальное олицетворение эпохи свободной любви. Никаких привязанностей. "Сегодня я люблю тебя. Сегодня мы - муж и жена". Но кончилась ночь, догорела свеча, и мотылёк летит к другому огню, который полюбит также искренно и…

assayf

buena para el mood, buena para el morbo suave, buena para verla con curiosidad histórica del cine sexy de los 60… pero tampoco es que me dejara pensando tres días.”

marielae

Less invested in whether or not this is an intriguing adaptation of Carmen (that, despite having seen a couple of other adaptations, I'm just going to allow whatever version I'm watching tell me what this character and story means) but as someone enthused by the Metzger…

Michael