1968
Directed by John Cassavetes
After traveling through film to quite a few different countries, we finally land in Pretentiousguay. Watching a film that was desperately trying to be a Godard for over two hours was absolutely exhausting.
A middle-aged couple's marriage is clearly disintegrating and we have to watch them awkwardly interact with other people. An alternate title for this was "Every Dinner Party I Have Ever Attended".
I believe that if you are going to use the cinema verite style, your movie should not be over two hours. I mean, that gets a little dull for even the most exciting films. I even love to listen to dialogue, but none of it was that compelling. I just wanted to tell everyone to shut up and let the lawyers do their thing.
Just incredibly dull and boring. Skip it!
RATING: **---
Interesting Facts:
Steve Buscemi's favorite film.
You know, I know I've seen it, but I've forgotten everything about it...so no comment.. other than.."I've seen it and forgotten everything about it"
ReplyDeleteI have a feeling I am going to forget everything about this film very shortly.
DeleteI thought I was the only one who did not like this one much. I get so tired of the non-sensical ramblings of these unlikable and selfish characters.
ReplyDeleteI was more or less OK with the style at the beginning, but was glancing at the clock thinking "130 minutes, eh?"
ReplyDeleteOnce he dropped the divorce bombshell and I had confidence that it was going to follow a narrative path I was much happier and enjoyed it more thereafter. The way everyone switched from passive to aggressive and back again was a bit too odd though.