"The Tourist"
The Tourist is a 2010 American romantic thriller film co-written and directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck and starring Angelina Jolie, Johnny Depp, Paul Bettany, and Timothy Dalton. It is a remake of the 2005 French film Anthony Zimmer.
Debate arose over whether the film was a comedy or a drama. Henckel von Donnersmarck stated it was neither genre, calling it "a travel romance with thriller elements..." but that if he had to choose between the two, he would choose comedy.
A British woman, Elise Clifton-Ward, is being followed by French police who are working with Scotland Yard under the direction of Inspector John Acheson. Acheson has spent years hunting Alexander Pearce, a lover of Elise, who owes £744 million in back taxes, and is believed to have received plastic surgery to alter his appearance. At a Parisian cafe, Elise receives written instructions from Pearce: Board the train to Venice, Italy; pick out a man; let the police believe that he is Pearce. Elise burns the note, evades the police and boards the train.
On the train, Elise selects Frank Tupelo, who is apparently an American mathematics teacher from Wisconsin. She spends much time with him, seeming to start a romance. Meanwhile, the police have managed to salvage the ashes of her burned note and assembled them to extract information regarding her rendezvous, as well as her ruse. Aware of her location, but not of the ruse, an informer from the police station communicates to Reginald Shaw, the mobster from whom Pearce stole $2.3 billion, that Pearce is traveling with Elise on the train to Venice. Shaw immediately proceeds to Venice.
Elise invites Frank to stay with her at her suite in the Hotel Danieli in Venice.
rther instructions for Elise to attend a ball. Elise abandons Frank, who follows her, smoking on th balcony of the Palazzo Benzoni. The gangsters spot Frank and Elise kissing on the balcony from the Sant' Angelo Vaporetto Stop
Frank is then chased by Shaw's men. While trying to escape from them, Frank is detained by the Italian police, ostensibly for his own safety, only to have a corrupt inspector turn him over to Shaw's men in exchange for the bounty that has been placed on Pearce's head.
While the film takes us all ver Venice, from the Mercato della Frutta , where Frank drops on an awning...
... to the Marciana Library (masquerading as the police station)...
The Palazzo Pisani Moretta was used as the outside facade and the interior of the "Danieli".
While the film takes us all ver Venice, from the Mercato della Frutta , where Frank drops on an awning...
... to the Marciana Library (masquerading as the police station)...
...to the Fondamenta Rio di San Francesco della Vigna - where Christian de Sica sells Johnny Depp to the gangsters...
... to the Madonna dell'Orto for the big (and very slow) boat chase...
... ending at Scuola vecchia della Misericordia...
(the interior of which is used for the big ball scene)...
The inside of the Palazzo Loredan, Instituto Veneto serves as Reginald Shaw's Casino.
(the interior of which is used for the big ball scene)...
The inside of the Palazzo Loredan, Instituto Veneto serves as Reginald Shaw's Casino.
The Arsenale is the location for Interpol's Venice Headquarters.
Of course there is a visit to Piazza San Marco, where Frank/Alexander smokes his first real cigarette.
Photo by Ingo Mehling - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5524842
Then on to the Fondaco dei Turchi, where the Interpol's and Reginald Shaw's boats are waiting.
Photo by Ingo Mehling - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5524842
Then on to the Fondaco dei Turchi, where the Interpol's and Reginald Shaw's boats are waiting.
Phptp By Didier Descouens - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15819937
At Palazzo Zeno - Frank climbs over the balcony of Palazzo Zeno to enter Alexander Pearce's apartment.
And finally to Villa F, Giudecca - Alexander Pearce's apartment with a view of the Piazza San Marco.
The problem is that the locations make no logical sense. Elise drops Frank off at the water taxi station at the airport. The airport is not on the main island of Venice. Then in the reverse reverse shot, she’s pulling away in a boat already back on the main island. It doesn’t make any sense.
You'll see many highlights of the city, but not in any logical sequence.
Challenge for the day: see how many of the shots make no sense.
To watch it now: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004QYZATW/ref=atv_feed_catalog?tag=rottetomao_aiv_mv-20
The problem is that the locations make no logical sense. Elise drops Frank off at the water taxi station at the airport. The airport is not on the main island of Venice. Then in the reverse reverse shot, she’s pulling away in a boat already back on the main island. It doesn’t make any sense.
You'll see many highlights of the city, but not in any logical sequence.
Challenge for the day: see how many of the shots make no sense.
To watch it now: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004QYZATW/ref=atv_feed_catalog?tag=rottetomao_aiv_mv-20
