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Live critique

posted 17 years ago by Narrator_Jack_dot_com
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I'm sorry, i can't resist.

DVD introduction...Al...I saw Terry Gilliam try the same thing with "Tideland"- trying to contextualize what we are about to see (Terry's was funnier, but was Tideland a good movie?). Like trying to define "jazz"...Well, Al, if you have to be told, you don't really know how to define, do you? Do you? Does any art come with a caveat? Or do you just go to the museum and watch on your own? Life shouldn't always come with training wheels. Should a movie? not this one, I say....

First 10 minutes...well, i'm supposed to watch this without thinking of what you wanted me to think about Al? I'll try. I'm failing. Do I like Paul in this? I like how you LOOK, Al.

Five minutes after that...should you have starred in this Al? With the right casting, might this have been a good English Trainspotting? (Trainspotting was Scottish, and)--

Hermosa of Selsden
Hermosa of Selsden
Hermosa of Selsden--

(live critique aborted)

[–] pacinoyes 17 years ago

The movie needs a context since in effect it doesn't play like a movie on the audience but rather a spectacular showcase / stunt - it's a pretty brilliant piece actually. It's hardly "training wheels" or an attempt to "define jazz" the prologue is simply a framework for the piece, it's not at all an attempt to define the work............ not sure why it bothered you so much (?)

I'm not sure who could have played the Pacino part better - it's not likely anyone else would have even thought to film this so why would he think to cast anyone else?

It's in the manner of Pinter's "Dumbwaiter" much more than something like "Trainspotting" also.......elliptical and off kilter. My guess is the more people have a familiarity with Pinter and to a lesser extent Osborne the more they'll appreciate it.