Patty Hearst [NON-USA FORMAT, PAL REGION 2, IMPORT]

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Format Disclaimer: PAL format is used outside of North America and is not compatible with standard DVD players used in the US and Canada. Pal compatible or multi-system DVD player is necessary for proper playback. Synopsis: One evening in February 1974, Patty Hearst, the daughter of newspaper magnate Randolph Hearst, was kid-napped from her Berkeley apartment and taken to a hideout. There she was gagged, blindfolded and kept in a tiny closet. So began a five-year ordeal for Patty, beginning with her kidnapping and followed by her transformation into a guerrilla for the Symbionese Liberation Army, her capture by the FBI, her trial, her imprisonment and the commutation of her sentence by President Carter.

Patty Hearst [NON-USA FORMAT, PAL REGION 2, IMPORT] Review

"Patty Hearst"'s title is about as self-explanatory as they come. Natasha Richardson (Vanessa Redgrave's elder daughter) plays the eponymous, uhhh, heroine, kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army (don't even ask...) and eventually brought round to the point of joining them on a bank robbery.The second half of the film, in which Patty and the gang are on the run from the cops, is exciting enough in its way. Schrader's trademark willingness to explore what many people would regard as total amorality enables him to make us care for this raggle-taggle bunch of outlaws, as one after another they're arrested, gunned down or burned. Richardson herself is very good as Patty, having to run the gamut from spoiled heiress via terrified captive to bitterly experienced convict. It's the first half, though, that makes the second half work. Patty's captivity is rendered in a dark, surreal, almost theatrical way; we are locked in a room with her for much of the first half an hour, experiencing her captors only as black silhouettes against white light. The stylisation that worked so well on Schrader's "Mishima" is here employed to other ends, and suprisingly successfully. If the earlier portions of "Patty Hearst" weren't so good, the later part wouldn't carry the charge that it has; Patty's wish to join the SLA only makes sense in terms of the extreme experience she's been through. The real Patty Hearst went on to act in a John Waters movie, which must make Schrader wince whenever he thinks of it. This is, by virtue of the subject matter, somewhere between drama-documentary, art film and chase flick, and some of the genre trappings hold it back a bit, but few directors would have this kind of understanding of where he wanted an audience to go. 3 stars if only because this is one of the less distinguished films in an illustrious career. But 3 stars for Schrader are worth five for the vast majority of directors. (Note to Amazon: need more stars!) Help other customers find the most helpful reviews Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Report abuse | PermalinkComment�Comment

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