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Posted by moviePig on 12/26/05 23:10
Goro wrote:
> moviePig wrote:
>
>>Goro wrote:
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>>>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...
>
>
> wate! Wasn't Lange the animal psychic...er , i mean "Communicator."?
> iirc she didn't have an onscreen BF?
(Can't parse "onscreen Broken Flower"...?)
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