Posted by Goro on 12/26/05 20:20

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?

-goro-

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