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Posted by moviePig on 12/26/05 16:45
Goro wrote:
> I just watched the new Jim Jarmusch film BROKEN FLOWERS starring Bill
> Murray. I'm a moderate Jarmusch fan as I liekd COFFEE AND CIGARETTES,
> loved NIGHT ON EARTH and GHOST DOG, and thought DEAD MAN was very good
>
> As i was watching BROKEN FLOWERS, i was really engaged. Bil Murray was
> quite excellent again in a dramatic role (something that is no longer
> surprising), but added just that touch of acerbic wit in subtle facial
> expressions that made some scene priceless.
>
> Bill Murray's character (Don Johnston, "with a T") is an aging bachelor
> who gets a letter from an old girlfriend telling him that he has a son
> from their relatinoship. With help from a crime-novel writer friend,
> he revisits his old flames, Sharon Stone, Jessica Lange, Tilda Swington
> (was that really her? wow, didn't look remotely the same as in NARNIA
> or CONSTANTINE!).
>
> Moments between actions tell great bits of story far beyond the actions
> themselves. The bits of the banal elements of life put into a context
> are extremely humorous (eg. the teenage girls jabbering on 20 topics in
> 3 minutes) and there is some great dialogue.
>
> The ending was interesting. I liked it and i also didn't like it. It
> was very fitting and avoided being saccharine or cliche, yet on the
> other hand, it felt a bit hollow and pointless (which i suppose was the
> point).
>
> In the end, i really liked it. I think that it does require the
> viewere to be more patient than in the typical drama film and so will
> be "boring" or "tedious" to many, but for the others, it's quite an
> enjoyable film.
Second the recommendation, fwiw. Although Jarmusch fans will certainly
see it regardless, others may (and should) be drawn by its star-power.
Btw, although I enjoyed each of the three "co-stars" (and find Swinton,
in particular, terrific), Lange is the one whose BF character still
lingers with me... even more than Murray's...
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