I started watching this film one night and decided it was interesting enough to record the rest for later viewing. Okay it is overlong - in fact, my wife commented that it was like a feature length Tales of the Unexpected. However, what ultimately saved it was the style of the film which had us both entranced. The colours, locations, the people - life seemed to be so much more stylish in those days; smoking actually looked cool, whereas in todays films, cigarettes are disgusting, seedy and smoked by the villain of the piece. The fashion show scene with babbling models in weird designs was fascinating and almost like a documentary. It was interesting to see Lotte Lenya as the madame - I don't think I have seen her in anything except From Russia With Love playing the ghastly Rosa Klebb. Omar Sharif played a similar role as he did in Dr Zhivago - shaking, worried, with puppy-dog eyes.
Review of The Appointment
