Movies

The Rainbow Thief (1990) Aimless fantasy of squalor directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky, starring Omar Sharif, Peter O'Toole and Christopher Lee. The sort of movie where the protagonist is frequently chased by a dwarf dressed as a potato bug who shouts "You stole my gramophone!" Much of the film is spent in an elaborate and wet sewer set, and during the climactic torrential flood sequences I could only feel pity for the elderly actors who had to spend so much time having filthy water dumped on them. It all seemed forced, trying to be weird but not really succeeding. I do have to give Sharif a lot of credit for putting in a great deal of hard work in this. 4/10