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| Miramax Films | Release Date: November 15, 1991 |
Starring:
Armin Mueller-Stahl, Ian Holm, Jeremy Irons, Jeroen Krabbé, Joel Grey, Theresa Russell
Summary:
Writer Franz Kafka works quietly at an insurance company, but his investigation into his friend's disappearance leads him to discover a mysterious underground society.
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With the help of an impeccable cast and with a style steeped in the past, Soderbergh has placed the persona of
Kafka under a lens, and the soul he discovers is his own. [31 Jan. 1992]
The slightly overdone feeling of the photography, the archly evocative acting and Cliff Martinez's music also impart a sly sense of the absurd. Kafka recalls the old joke that reminds us that even paranoids have enemies. [12 Feb. 1992, p.C07]
It sounds promising, but it doesn't work. You get the feeling that Soderbergh, so early in his directing career, has exceeded his reach -- that the com- plicated logistics of making a film on location in eastern Europe, compounded with the challenge of bringing to life such a fundamentally lonely and passive figure, had stymied him. [17 Jan. 1992, p.D1]
Despite its good looks and expertly turned performances, it trivializes Kafka and his work. The simplistic optimism behind it is more terrifying than anything we actually see on screen. Sitting through Kafka is like watching somebody staff a suicide hotline by telling callers to just lighten up. [21 Feb. 1992, p.28]
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