A few months ago I talked about how much I love French film. A few days ago I saw "Tell No One" and am now questioning my ability to make films on account of my lack of being French.
"Tell No One" is as such: Man and woman go to their child hood make out spot by a lake. She swims back to land, we hear a scream and the man rushes to shore. As soon as he gets there BAM, knocked out cold and falls into the water. Fade in 8 years later, and after a little exposition, he gets home on the 8th year anniversary of his wife's death to find an e-mail. He opens the email and it links him to a streaming video where his wife walks into view, looks up at the camera and walks off.
Then it goes from there. Hooked? You will be. This film is one of those movies that just builds and builds with mystery and just has you wondering, "will the ending be satisfying enough for all this set up?" Oh yeah. Possibly the most satisfied I've ever been by the end of a movie.
It's quite stunning how this movie leaves you. I even almost got a little teary eyed. The best advice I can give you is to not research this movie more than I've already told you. Knowing less will just make this experience that much better.
God speed
9.11.2008
I Need Someone to tell me if Revolver is a good movie
Ok, so I just watched Guy Ritchie's "Revolver" for a second time.
I can still remember my exact feelings after seeing it for a first time. I saw it alone, expecting to go into the theater for a normal Guy Ritchie movie, you know, shoot em up, cool gangster movie. Then I noticed that Luc Besson had his hands in it, produced and "adapted by" credits, and I was like, awesome, with cool French stylings.
After I saw it, my exact reaction was, "huh." It basically has all the makings of a Ritchie movie, gangsters, cons, Jason Statham, but with a cool existential twist. It focuses a lot more on what a con is, what power is, what fear is, what con-men mentality is and how it all percolates around in our heads. It's really really internal, but I don't know if it's good.
It's fun, it's unusual, it plays a lot with time and what we perceive. I'm just not sure if it's...good. I can't really tell if I'm impressed with the concept of getting into the mind of a con man, or with the entire movie. Ritchie does a lot of really cool things with form and sound that I picked up on this 2nd time around, and he does a lot of his own fun things with slow motion and voiceover, but I think it all makes sense and plays into the theme. I think.
So if anyone would do me the favor, watch it and tell me what you think. I have it on my computer if anyone wants to watch it or wants a copy
I can still remember my exact feelings after seeing it for a first time. I saw it alone, expecting to go into the theater for a normal Guy Ritchie movie, you know, shoot em up, cool gangster movie. Then I noticed that Luc Besson had his hands in it, produced and "adapted by" credits, and I was like, awesome, with cool French stylings.
After I saw it, my exact reaction was, "huh." It basically has all the makings of a Ritchie movie, gangsters, cons, Jason Statham, but with a cool existential twist. It focuses a lot more on what a con is, what power is, what fear is, what con-men mentality is and how it all percolates around in our heads. It's really really internal, but I don't know if it's good.
It's fun, it's unusual, it plays a lot with time and what we perceive. I'm just not sure if it's...good. I can't really tell if I'm impressed with the concept of getting into the mind of a con man, or with the entire movie. Ritchie does a lot of really cool things with form and sound that I picked up on this 2nd time around, and he does a lot of his own fun things with slow motion and voiceover, but I think it all makes sense and plays into the theme. I think.
So if anyone would do me the favor, watch it and tell me what you think. I have it on my computer if anyone wants to watch it or wants a copy
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