Interesting...not good...but interesting.

while only director, it still is, and feels, looks and sounds like, a Jodorowsky film, a very good one

Alejandro Jodorowsky and Brontis Jodorowsky in El Topo (1970)

Charlotte Gainsbourg in Lux Æterna (2019)

Oh no. Much to good a fish for you. You're not going to believe this, but I'm even hungrier than you are.

Declan Mulholland in The Rainbow Thief (1990)

Omar Sharif and Ian Dury in The Rainbow Thief (1990)

Peter O&apos;Toole

Omar Sharif

Christopher Lee

Berta Domínguez D.

A petty crook in search of the clichéd pot of gold at the end of the rainbow hopes to cash in by befriending the heir to a huge fortune.

Alejandro Jodorowsky

The Rainbow Thief

Omar Sharif is outstanding

Being a fan of both Peter O&apos;Toole and Omar Sharif, I had seen the film before, but I never much liked it. Maybe it has something to do with the general unlikability of all the characters. The only really fun part is Christopher Lee&apos;s big scene early on. That&apos;s worth seeing at least once for the sheer craziness of it.

When I re-watched the film recently, I still couldn&apos;t much like it as a whole, and I couldn&apos;t shake off the feeling that Peter O&apos;Toole was in it solely because he had signed a contract and couldn&apos;t get out of it. He plays his part, but his heart doesn&apos;t seem to be in it. I can&apos;t say that I blame him. His part is a rotten one. For his fans, this film is likely to be a disappointment.

But I was struck by Sharif&apos;s performance. He owns the film! Right from the beginning his acting is amazing - some of it is almost the stuff of pantomime. What a strange part this is for him, and how wonderful he is in it. And what a great actor he was when he got a chance to show it. A pity that he didn&apos;t get parts like this earlier on in his career instead of the playboys and infatuated lovers he played in so many big budget productions.

No, it&apos;s not a great film. Not one of Jodorowsky&apos;s better ones. But it may be worth watching for the delightful performance of Omar Sharif. If you don&apos;t go into it with high expectations, and you don&apos;t expect a plot that makes sense (there is none), you might actually enjoy it.

Being a fan of both Peter O'Toole and Omar Sharif, I had seen the film before, but I never much liked it. Maybe it has something to do with the general unlikability of all the characters. The only really fun part is Christopher Lee's big scene early on. That's worth seeing at least once for the sheer craziness of it.

When I re-watched the film recently, I still couldn't much like it as a whole, and I couldn't shake off the feeling that Peter O'Toole was in it solely because he had signed a contract and couldn't get out of it. He plays his part, but his heart doesn't seem to be in it. I can't say that I blame him. His part is a rotten one. For his fans, this film is likely to be a disappointment.

But I was struck by Sharif's performance. He owns the film! Right from the beginning his acting is amazing - some of it is almost the stuff of pantomime. What a strange part this is for him, and how wonderful he is in it. And what a great actor he was when he got a chance to show it. A pity that he didn't get parts like this earlier on in his career instead of the playboys and infatuated lovers he played in so many big budget productions.

No, it's not a great film. Not one of Jodorowsky's better ones. But it may be worth watching for the delightful performance of Omar Sharif. If you don't go into it with high expectations, and you don't expect a plot that makes sense (there is none), you might actually enjoy it.

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