I didn't see either of the Kill Bill movies, and I thought that Jackie Brown was lame. But I loved Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs and absolutely loved this. It's a more mature, and yet still fun and interesting, film. I'm a big structure fan and I love a 5 act structure - my only venture into screenplay writing included a 5 act structure. The acting was amazing, and the opening - with the music, cinematography and pacing - is sublime.
Friday, August 28, 2009
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
brokeback mountain
Ang Lee - 2005
I love Ang Lee (The Ice Storm is one of my all-time favorites), and had only seen this once before. First off - the cinematography and pacing are amazing. It's slow, it uses every last bit of that huge Wyoming sky. Heath Ledger builds his character so well, so gracefully. He is this generations James Dean.
Ang Lee really has a thing for America - in The Ice Storm he shows you the beautiful rural/suburban Connecticut that I remember from growing up (and look for Katie Holmes in one of her best roles!), in Brokeback he shows the beautiful landscape of Wyoming. It's interesting, when the story goes to Texas for Jack's scenes, he doesn't show any landscape. The only landscape that matters is the one they share, in Wyoming.
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Saturday, August 15, 2009
avenue montaigne
Daniele Thompson - 2006
Sydney Pollack was a great surprise in this French film. Miss him, he was so great both in front and behind the camera. Not a lot to this one, but I enjoyed it even so.
Sunday, August 9, 2009
funny people
Judd Apatow - 2009
Actually a very sad film, and not for the ways you'd think. Heartwrenching. This is the film he'd always wanted to make - and I'm really glad he did.
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