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Post by kissmekate on Oct 12, 2011 10:51:23 GMT
Starting today, the dashing Aurelio will be on French TV, and he's been on Spanish television since last week (I think the episodes are shown on Thursdays).
I'm curious to see some reviews.
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Post by kitty on Oct 12, 2011 21:33:27 GMT
Yay! That's good news!  |
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Post by kygal on Oct 13, 2011 10:33:18 GMT
Thats great!
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Post by kissmekate on Oct 13, 2011 11:32:32 GMT
One little snippet from a French website (unfortunately featuring only a pic of Caterina without Rufus  ): L'acteur Rufus Sewell s'impose admirablement sous les traits de Zen. (...) Les trois épisodes de cette première saison, joliment accueillie par la critique britannique, mélangent un certain mystère, du suspense, de l'action et des rebondissements, le tout enrobé d'un charme irrésistible. SourceA rough translation: Actor Rufus Sewell is admirable in the role of Zen. The three episodes of the first season, very well received by British critics, mix mystery, suspense, action and surprising plot turns with irresistible charm. |
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Post by kitty on Oct 13, 2011 22:35:40 GMT
Thx kmk! Hmmm.... Aurelio with a french accent.... Love it!  |
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Post by barbicanbelle on Oct 17, 2011 12:59:41 GMT
Review of ZEN in Spanish newspaper El Mundo: www.elmundo.es/blogs/elmundo/asesinoenserie/2011/10/11/zen-o-cuando-italia-es-italy.htmlGeneral gist is that the reviewer prefers the dubbed Spanish version of Zen, although he accepts that it loses out on Rufus' excellent performance, because he couldn't quite get over the Italian characters speaking English. So the Italians speaking Spanish makes it better? Anyway, glad he likes Rufus. Going to see what other Spanish reviews I can find. |
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Post by rueful on Oct 17, 2011 15:24:44 GMT
 LOL! Very bizarre complaint!
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Post by barbicanbelle on Oct 17, 2011 17:35:24 GMT
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Post by kissmekate on Oct 17, 2011 17:38:19 GMT
That's our man (or woman)!
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Post by kissmekate on Oct 19, 2011 10:44:32 GMT
Nice little review from France here (although I think they over-stress his dark side and neglect to the humorous, tongue-in-cheek touches): Inspired by Michael Dibdin’s mysteries, the darkly ironic series « Zen » stars the excellent Rufus Sewell in the role of an Italian cop
A title like that evokes Japanese paintings or [similar things, I don’t quite get the figurative expression used in the original, something about Confucius and sandals] . At least something Asian. But no. Zen, Aurelio by first name, is Venetian. A police inspector in Rome. Not really « zen », more like taciturn. The kind of cop who’s got a dry humour, chain-smokes, deals with abominable crimes without batting an eyelid and toils hard to corner the true culprit as opposed to the one suggested by his superiors. A lone fighter in a modern Italy infested by the Mafia and phony politicians, a Clint Eastwood in an urban Western.
Inspired by Michael Dibdin’s crime novels, embodied by the excellent Rufus Sewell, a trifle sabotaged by elevator music, Zen consists of three episodes of 90 intense minutes. Kidnapping, blackmail, corruption and vendetta as a backdrop: the miniseries doesn’t spare any of Italy’s faults. But the main focus is on something else. On this character with his heavy baggage and poignant irony who thinks his life is a failure. Not very “zen”. Just human. |
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Oct 19, 2011 11:19:07 GMT
Nice review - thanks, Kate! And they say Rufus is excellent, so I'll forgive them for overlooking the humour!
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Post by kitty on Oct 19, 2011 21:35:27 GMT
I love Zen's dry sense of humor! What's worse than no sense of humor, lol? |
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LOL! Very bizarre complaint! 
