![]() She declares he is "the man who works miracles" and happily heads back to finish making her film. But rather than following Max's advice by digging into why, he merely used that to trick her into seeing again by plying her with a saltwater placebo. Max says he met Ida two months ago as a patient suffering psychosomatic blindness Neumann had Liebermann see if Freudian methods agreed it was all in her head. Ida then dies dramatically at the movie's climax, so that she dies on and off screen at the same time. That, it turns out, is Max's friend, Ida Rego ( Anne-Marie Waldeck), the film's leading lady, with whom he also got Clara an interview. Oskar and Therese are on a date to the "moving pictures" to see Queen of Carthage, courtesy of Max, also on hand, guaranteeing someone in the theater will not exit alive. ![]() However, I was wrong to lay that at the feet of the show's creators. I still maintain PBS tends to treat Vienna Blood as second tier next to Miss Scarlet and All Creatures, despite the show's popularity (especially on PBS Passport). So it has been three years/three seasons, following the same formula as Endeavour, Grantchester, Call The Midwife, and other period dramas. The production was kind enough to explain that Season 1 was set in 1906. ![]() However, my initial Season 1 recap, dated 1908, was in error. Last week, I complained about Vienna Blood's timeline. A woman stands in front of a camera, and she becomes an empty vessel people fill her with their dreams, their fantasies.īefore we hit tonight's mystery, I want to issue a mea culpa. Max: I think something deeply dangerous is happening here. However, it has gotten there and opens with a pretty delightful moment of a poor pickpocket Hannes ( Raul Inocescu), trying to grab the wallet of Oskar Rheinhardt, whom he mistook for a gentleman, much to the amusement of Therese. It also brought to this point for the show to find its feet, perhaps a sign it might have been better served to make its own choices earlier. It's a mark of the popularity of Vienna Blood that it hit this point and the production's dedication to the Frank Tallis novels that it took until now to reach it. Caveat emptor - If you want candy floss - look elsewhere.As is true of nearly all successful murder mysteries based on books (unless you're adapting Agatha Christie), eventually, the source material runs out. My wish was rather to have some more time to explore the places, the times, and to get to know a little more of the intriguing characters. I loved the way both the visuals and story details were gradually unfolded and the characters allowed to evolve. I loved the care taken with settings, camera angles, lighting, the colour balance etc. It is best not to view and to try to apprehend a grand master painting in the same way as one might set about enjoying a Mickey Mouse cartoon. The prime value for me in this excellent series is in enjoying the texture of the work. One of the complaints I read was that the story lines were rather too simple, another complained that the series was slow moving. I am hooked, please sir can I have some more? ADDENDUM: On reading some of the critical reviews, I felt I should add a further note to my very brief review in order to help place the series in a little sharper relief. The casting, acting, directing, styling, cinematography, and for the most part the story lines were of a very high quality. It is quietly funny in places and very disturbing in others, the crumbling Empire and undertones of Nazism and not so much the gore are what I found to be the bits that left an aftertaste. It's not popcorn and candy cuisine, and it requires a degree of digesting. This superb, refreshingly different, historical who-done-it series takes a little bit of work to fully enjoy. ![]() ![]() Not for the unsophisticated block-buster fans or the action movie addicts. ![]()
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