(2001) dir. Wes Anderson
viewed: Metreon, SF
I enjoyed The Royal Tennenbaums, though in retrospect, it was a little “precious.”
Rushmore, I thought was pretty brilliant. So, I anticipated that Tennenbaums would be quite good, too.
And it certainly is a film cut from a similar cloth. The narrative presentation and pacing ring a similar bell, while [...]
Archive of entries posted on March 2002
The Royal Tenenbaums
Blow
dir. Ted Demme (2001)
This film, which turned out to be Ted Demme’s (1963-2002) last, Blow, proved to be a pretty decent mainstream Hollywood bio-pic. Its subject is George Jung, “the man who established the American cocaine market in the 1970’s”.
The film was not really anything overly special, but none too shabby, either.
Demme envisions Jung’s life [...]
Bridget Jones’ Diary
(2001) dir. Sharon Maguire
Recommended to me by a litany of people, I had unfortunately concocted some expectations here. Word of mouth is the best arbiter for me, something I more inherently trust. But this time, it didn’t add up. Eleanor liked it, though.
It was only half-bad. I mean, I thought that [...]
Brother
(2000) dir. Kitano Takeshi
I love Takeshi Kitano.
The man is a genius. He is a great screen presence, like a small, bemused, Japanese “Man With No Name,” a la Clint Eastwood’s spaghetti western film persona. He’s always on the verge of laughter or violence, yet he is almost always expressionless. One of those [...]
Escape From New York
(1981) dir. John CarpenterThe thing about cable is the randomness of what is being shown. It’s always a crapshoot, usually offering up, just plain crap. This was a rare exception, a film that I liked that was coming on at a time that I could watch it. At 99 minutes, it’s a pretty tight little [...]
