The Empty Mirror
First screened in May 2020
Director: Barry J. Hershey. Cast: Norman Rodway, Peter Michael Goetz, Joel Grey, Camilla Søeberg, Doug McKeon, Glenn Shadix, Hope Allen. Screenplay: Barry J. Hershey and R. Buckingham. Twitter Capsule:
Even with Fred Elmes lensing, flamboyant effects fail as style or insight. Egregious script, especially near end.
VOR:②
Hard to come down too hard on movies that risk conventional style or narrative, but much of its lens on Hitler is utterly familiar. What isn't is laughable, or worse.
