Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: Transit (2019)

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Posted by Harold Hallikainen (Member # 5405) on 03-17-2019, 10:23 AM:

Excellent! German and French with English subtitles. The story has been compared to Casa Blanca. Based on a book from around 1948. To quote another reviewer here, "Man flees invading Nazis, wackiness ensues." An interesting production technique that I don't think I've seen before is that this is clearly a WW2 story, but the setting is modern France. We notice clearly modern electronic doorbell sounds, electronic police sirens, modern cars, etc. The old story is just set in today's atmosphere. Discussion question for other viewers: Would Maria accept him after he's lied to her the whole time she's known him?

Posted by Jonathan Goeldner (Member # 4854) on 06-25-2019, 10:58 PM:

I actually thought the re-setting of the events to a more 'modern' time period was the most effective aspect of the movie.