Second time...still pretty average. Love Forrest Whitaker though.
Monday, June 22, 2009
scarface
Brian DePalma - 1983
Oliver Stone writes, Brian DePalma directs, Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer star - awesome. The final scene is pure 80s indulgence.
Friday, June 19, 2009
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
24 hour party people
Michael Winterbottom - 2002
Second or third time I've seen this. I like the blending of fiction and non-fiction, breaking the fourth wall. Great story, great music. Very cool.
Saturday, June 13, 2009
twilight
Catherine Hardwicke - 2008
Sam convinced me to watch it with her. Not bad...I'm in to 'True Blood' though and so I guess I'm somewhat primed to like this. That said - it treats the idea of vampires differently than TB, and so it's interesting to see a different perspective. Love that this movie is directed by a woman and involves a female protagonist - was my aversion to watching this because of that?
the doors
Oliver Stone - 1991
Let's start with the cast - Val Kilmer, Meg Ryan, Frank Whaley, Kevin Dillon, Kyle McLachlan, Michael Madsen, Billy Idol, Kathleen Quinlan - seriously. It was interesting, I haven't watched this in a few years and some of the dialogue was pretty weak. But the film is saved by the imagery. Stone feels his way through the story, folding on top of itself. The Native American motif - which exists in many Stone films - is dominant and intense.
I don't watch as many Stone films now as I used to, the complexity of what he's doing on the screen is fascinating. This man clearly does not think in linear fashions.
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