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Re: BROKEN FLOWERS

Posted by Goro on 12/26/05 23:48

moviePig wrote:
> Goro wrote:
>
> > moviePig wrote:
> >
> >>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...
> >
> >
> > 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"...?)

heh. Thot you meant "Boy Friend" as that's another popular use of the
BF acronym .

-goro-

 

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