Re: misc

septimus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>   This is probably a film you have to accept
>  whole and entire -- parade of caricatures and other flaws --
> or not at all.  Unfortunately I felt disconnected from it in the
> first 10 minutes and never caught on.  I guess Kirsten Dunst tossing
> her precious vinyl record is supposed to be a big emotional scene,
> but it left me cold.
 
Actually I thought that was a funny bit, since the next shot (if I'm
remembering correctly) is of smoke billowing alarmingly from the house
as Kathleen Turner concedes it won't be necessary to sacrifice any
more of the vinyl to the fireplace.  It probably wasn't much of a '70s
rock & roll collection anyway if it all fit into that single box.

Of course the film has its moments, and I've warmed to it a bit by
reading about it (rather than watching it).  I like Dennis Lim's
conclusion that "the movie (thanks to its writer-director's empathic,
intelligent reading of the novel) approaches its themes obliquely,
averting kitsch and cheap irony" (well, I thought there was kitsch,
but never mind):  "Coppola looks beyond the seductive metaphysical
puzzle and locates the core of Eugenides's allegory in an obsessive,
almost forensic act of remembering, both futile and inexplicably
essential."

Also, I can't figure out what film -- probably an actual '70s film (or
films) -- the "collective narration" reminds me of.  (I barely
remember _Badlands_, but I don't think that was it...?)


> Really!  I didn't know there was a re-release of _VS_.
 
AFAIK it was just a brief revival at this enterprising little theatre
(as such art houses used to be called).