Disturbing the Peace could have easily been edited into a twenty minute 60 Minutes piece and lost nothing of worth. Not much to talk about here then.
Many of my favorite memories from the sixteen years I have attended the festival come from the silent movies. So it is really disappointing when the silent turns out to be a bit of a dud. That is the case with L'Inhumaine, a movie that is irreparably damaged by a slow moving first chapter. Tedious and ponderous are the descriptive words that come to mind. The pacing is much better towards the end of the film, but the story still had problems. It is a long way from Metropolis.
Eve's Bayou is a good film and a solid debut job of direction by Kasi Lemmons. The acting is stellar, though I wish there was a little more to the story. But sorry Roger, ranking this film ahead of Boogie Nights and L.A. Confidential on your 1997 top ten list really reeks of trying to champion a film that others might have overlooked. Nothing wrong with championing a film, but sometimes the praise is excessive to the point of not being genuine.
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