Si he de clasificar... por supuesto que no son malas películas, son estupendas, pero trataba de ordenar su filmografía por orden de preferencia. Lo de este tipo es increíble, con sus más y sus menos podría decirse que el período 1989-2007 es prácticamente impoluto, lo cual es verdaderamente impresionante.

Si, Patrick Doyle tiene pequeños papelitos/cameos en muchas de las películas de su viejo amigo. No obstante su amistad viene de lejos, cuando Doyle actuaba y ponía música a las representaciones teatrales de la antigua compañía de Kennyboy (la Renaissance Theatre Company, fundada en 1987 y disuelta en 1992, posteriormente reconvertida en la aún vigente Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company).

En Dead Again, por ejemplo, ¿recordáis cuando ambos están en el ascensor, en el hospital psiquiátrico? Bien, no se si os acordareis de que la cámara hace un recorrido por el mismo y vemos a un policía bastante siniestro. Ese es Patrick Doyle. Pero aún hay más, durante la fiesta en invierno de 1948 a la que acude el matrimonio Strauss, podemos ver en determinado momento un invitado en estado de embriaguez haciendo tonterías. Ese también es Patrick Doyle, de modo que aparece en ambas épocas .


Por cierto, cositas sacadas de IMDB que me han parecido interesantes/curiosas (una de ellas relativa a esa magnifica puesta en escena deudora de Welles/Hitchcock que comentaba MIK)

"Robin Williams didn't want his name to appear in the opening credits as it might have misled audiences into thinking the film was a comedy"

The film was shot entirely in color and was intended to be released that way. It was decided during editing, however, that the movement between past and present could be made clearer by printing the Roman and Margaret scenes in black and white. Kenneth Branagh comments on the DVD that the costume and set designers were disappointed by this, because they would have used different colors for those scenes, which would photograph better in black and white, had they known this


A lacquer box containing an antique pair of scissors, seen late in the film, has Japanese characters on it that translate into "These are for you." A recurring line of dialogue in the film.

[B]It was whilst making this film that producer Lindsay Doran discovered she shared her great love of Jane Austen with her leading lady, Emma Thompson. She then asked Thompson to adapt one of Austen's novels for her next project Sentido y sensibilidad (1995).[/B+

Of the eight feature films directed by Kenneth Branagh from Enrique V (1989) to Como gustéis (2006), this is the only one in which Richard Briers does not appear.

The cover of the LIFE magazine in Mr. Madson's shop shows Laurence Olivier in Hamlet (1948); another Shakespeare reference is on the bridge where Mike and Doug fight (it reads "Shakespeare Bridge," the real name of a bridge in L.A. where the movie was filmed).

[uninterrupted takes] Several such scenes can be seen throughout the movie. Also, the first hypnosis scene set at the Laughing Duke features an extremely complicated camera shot in 360 degrees. It involved a great deal of precise timing and technical know-how. Although a relatively short scene, it took 15 takes and a whole day to get right.

The Roman/Margaret and Mike/Grace double identities are foreshadowed by subtle similarities. *Mike who first shows up at the orphanage (former Strauss mansion) where Margaret died. Roman dies elsewhere and has to 'find' his way there, as Grace eventually does. Mike spills the cup of tea during his date with Grace, and during a flashback, Margaret spills a drink while dining with Roman. Afterwards Roman remarks that she has more "beauty than grace". These two hints foreshadow each character's past identity. *Mike's apartment contains several pictures of pianists and piano keyboards, hinting at his true identity to the careful viewer. *When Mike lays Grace down on the couch and she says this is just like Margaret and Roman, Mike says "I'm not Roman". *During "Grace"'s first hypnosis session, she throws back her head and screams, "Somebody help me!" Roman yells the same words as he holds his wife's dead body. *Grace is frequently associated with scissors. When "Doug" tries to steal her away, the prescription bottle he offers as evidence is made out to Katherine Pierce. Grace's real name is later shown to be Amanda Sharpe. *Margaret was very daring and fearless, like Mike, while Roman was more fearful and neurotic, like Grace.

The hypnotist's name Madson sounds like "mad son", which gives away his true nature