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| Joe Vitus |
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| You're right, Marj, it's a scene. One of the most beautiful interweavings of dialogue, lyric and music in Broadway history. No way Julie could not sing her verse, even if they reduced it to that. And they never sing it together, so he can't cover for her, either. (In fact, they never sing together; not once in the entire show.) |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 1:29 am |
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| Ah, Inlare, love to hear someone reference Jan Clayton. She was more than the mom on Lassie! |
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| lshap |
| Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 7:37 am |
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| I liked Public Enemies more than expected. It's too thoughtful to be an action thriller, but there's too much action for it to be a character study. It occupies that elusive meaty space in between the two, where each sequence of blazing gunfire advances the story, and the psyche, of John Dillinger, without ever being boring or shallow. As a period piece and as a look inside the last of the old style bank robbers, Public Enemies works very nicely, even if it lacks that epic depth. Johnny Depp is a fine Dillinger. My only complaint is that his circle of gangster buddies are mostly interchangeable ciphers, which takes the edge off Dillinger's inner turmoil since I didn't know the people behind the corpses. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 7:40 am |
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inlareviewer wrote:
From Future Current Film to Present Current Film: How is it that Evangeline Lilly's appearance in The Hurt Locker outstrips the bulk of her seasons on Lost, put tewgither? Amazing.
Never having seen Lost, I can't say. But her scenes in The Hurt Locker achieve their effect more because of the writing and the interaction with Renner more than through her acting--though she's certainly fine. Without having seen Lost, I can assume that THL is the better vehicle, simply because it's one of the best movies I've ever seen. |
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| Marc |
| Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 11:28 am |
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| she's barely in the movie. |
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| lshap |
| Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 12:45 pm |
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| As far as her role, while the actor was interchangeable, what it represented was crucial. |
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| inlareviewer |
| Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 12:51 pm |
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Oh, foot. I knew there was something I had overlooked. Still have to get my George Raft shoes on and go see Public Enemies. Thanks for the review, Lorne.
Joe Vitus wrote: Ah, Inlare, love to hear someone reference Jan Clayton. She was more than the mom on Lassie!
Joe, hooray for Jan. Have been known to speed through The Snake Pit just to hear her sing "Going Home," while hoping Olivia didn't notice and leap off the screen to scream at me.
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Never having seen Lost, I can't say. But her scenes in The Hurt Locker achieve their effect more because of the writing and the interaction with Renner more than through her acting--though she's certainly fine. Without having seen Lost, I can assume that THL is the better vehicle, simply because it's one of the best movies I've ever seen.
Marc wrote: she's barely in the movie.
lshap wrote: As far as her role, while the actor was interchangeable, what it represented was crucial.
And then, there's that.
Whatever. It's an extraordinary film.
Speaking of extraordinary films, the new three-strip Technicolor restoration of The Red Shoes that had Cannes buzzing is screening at the Hammer Museum out here this weekend, and I will almost certainly miss it due to work issues. Foot, again. |
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| lady wakasa |
| Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 7:41 pm |
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Not sure where to put this, but here's a podcast of the Korea Society's interview with Park Chan-wook (which was done last week, I forget when she told me they actually interviewed him).
It's a little slow, and you have to listen carefully for the questions, but it's interesting to find out some of his motivations for Thirst. There's one section (towards the end) where he touches on his filming philosophy. And he seems to talk a lot, LOL.
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| Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 8:13 pm |
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| I'll see THIRST when I'm in New York next week. Park Chan-wook is probably my favorite director right now. |
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| lady wakasa |
| Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 8:20 pm |
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There was a free opening night showing tonight (which I couldn't get to), but I will try to get there this weekend. It's at the Landmark Sunshine.
I love Park Chan-wook, and I've been waiting for this film for about two years. |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 8:25 pm |
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| Cool poster. |
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| Marj |
| Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 10:30 pm |
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| lady wakasa |
| Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 10:44 pm |
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| It is indeed - it was the original choice for the Overpriced Korean Film Poster, but it ended up getting banned by the authorities (for supposedly not being respectful of a religious figure). |
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| ehle64 |
| Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 2:14 pm |
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| Drag Me to Hell? I know you like horror flicks, but, come on mate. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 8:59 pm |
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Funny People is the second really fantastic movie I've seen in 2009. Judd Apatow totally tops himself with this hilarious, very poignant, very deeply felt comedy-drama in which Adam Sandler offers an Oscar-worthy performance and Eric Bana becomes my front-runner for supporting actor of the year. It's about a world-famous movie star comedian (like Sandler) who gets a life-changing medical report and starts acting out in weird ways. Seth Rogen plays the recessive comedian who becomes his sort of personal assistant, Leslie Mann is his former girlfriend (now married to Bana's character), and Jonah Hill and Jason Schwartzmann are Rogen's roommates. They're all quite brilliant in their own ways, and Apatow's direction supports and enriches them one and all. The movie is long but held me like a vise every frame of the way.
And Manohla Dargis and I are still batting close to a thousand. When she likes something I invariably hate it. She hated Funny People, and voila!
More later; just wanted to make my feelings known immediately. Bottom line: do not miss it. |
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