A Fish Called Wanda / Riba zvana Wanda Kad se spoje četiri lukava kradljivca dragulja, tri jokširska terijera, par čvrstih grudi i jedan tipični britanski advokat, dobije se mješavina koja osigurava „neprekidan slijed beskrajno smiješnih obrata i nevjerovatnih glumačkih izvedbi“. U ovoj nevjerovatno smiješnoj filmskoj farsi, žena po imenu Wanda, u nastojanju da se dočepa dragulja, mora prevariti plaćenog ubicu koji voli životinje, smotanog advokata i svoga momka koji obožava citirati Nietzschea. Charles Crichton rođen je 1910. godine u Walleseyju, Velika Britanija. Tokom tridesetih godina prošlog vijeka radio je kao filmski montažer i sarađivao na filmovima u produkciji Alexandera Korde SANDERS OF THE RIVER, THINGS TO COME, ELEPHANT BOY i THE THIEF OF BAGDAD. Režijom se počeo baviti 1941. snimivši kratki film THE YOUNG VETERANS. Svoj prvi dugometražni film snimio je 1944. u filmskom studiju Ealing, a godinu dana kasnije u sklopu horor omnibusa DEAD OF NIGHT režira smiješno-strašni kratki film THE GOLFING STORY. Crichton je najveći uspjeh postigao sa svojim komedijama, prvenstveno s filmovima HUE AND CRY, THE LAVENDER HILL MOB, THE TITFIELD THUNDERBOLT i THE BATTLE OF THE SEXES. Šezdesetih godina prošlog vijeka preusmjerio je pažnju na televiziju, ali se 1988. godine izuzetno uspješno vraća filmu s crnom komedijom RIBA ZVANA WANDA. E Four conniving jewel thieves… three Yorkshire terriers… two heaving bosoms and one proper British barrister. It all adds up to “a non-stop barrage of …outrageous plot twists and over-the top performances” when a woman called Wanda tries to deceive her Nietzsche-quoting boyfriend, an animal-loving hitman and an embarrassment-prone counsellor out of a fortune in jewels in this hilariously funny farce!
Charles Crichton was born in 1910 in Wallasey, UK. He was a film editor in England during the ‘30s and worked on the Alexander Korda productions SANDERS OF THE RIVER, THINGS TO COME, ELEPHANT BOY and THE THIEF OF BAGDAD. He began directing in 1941 with the short film THE YOUNG VETERANS. At Ealing, he made his first feature in 1944; the following year he directed the comic chiller THE GOLFING STORY in the classic horror anthology DEAD OF NIGHT. Crichton reached his height in comedy, most notably with HUE AND CRY, THE LAVENDER HILL MOB, THE TITFIELD THUNDERBOLT and THE BATTLE OF THE SEXES. He shifted his attention to television in the ‘60s, but enjoyed a cinema renaissance in 1988, directing the black comedy A FISH CALLED WANDA.
92 23. Sarajevo Film Festival l OPEN AIR
United Kingdom, USA, 1988, Colour, 108 min, English, French, Italian, Russian Režija / Director: Charles Crichton Scenarij / Screenplay: Charles Crichton, John Cleese Direktor fotografije / Director of Photography: Alan Hume Montaža / Editor: John Jympson Muzika / Music: John Du Prez Kostimografija / Costume Design: Hazel Pethig Scenografija / Production Design: Roger Murray-Leac Producent / Producer: Michael Shamberg Produkcija / Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Prominent Features Uloge / Cast: John Cleese, Kevin Kline, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Palin, Maria Aitken, Tom Georgeson, Patricia Hayes Kontakt / Contact: Park Circus Limited; info@parkcircus.com FILMOGRAFIJA / FILMOGRAPHY: 1988 – A FISH CALLED WANDA 1965 – HE WHO RIDES A TIGER 1964 – THE THIRD SECRET 1960 – THE BOY WHO STOLE A MILLION 1960 – THE BATTLE OF SEXES 1959 – FLOODS OF FEAR 1958 – LAW AND DISORDER 1957 – THE MAN IN THE SKY 1954 – THE DIVIDED HEART 1954 – THE LOVE LOTTERY 1953 – THE TITFIELD THUNDERBOLT 1952 – HUNTED 1951 – THE LAVENDER HILL MOB 1950 – DANCE HALL 1949 – TRAIN OF EVENTS 1948 – ANOTHER SHORE 1948 – AGAINST THE WIND 1947 – HUE AND CRY 1945 – PAINTED BOATS 1944 – FOR THOSE IN PERIL