Capo
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Post by Capo on May 18, 2007 12:10:43 GMT
SwingersDoug Liman 1996 USA An unsuccessful comedian searches for love with his friends in Hollywood.
A non-violent, poor-man's Goodfellas, though not without knowing it. There's a telling, clever bit of homage in the middle, in which the characters talk about the Steadicam trek through the Copacabana in Scorsese's film, saying it's the best of all time; somebody mentions Reservoir Dogs, and somebody else dismisses it, saying it's nothing but derivative. "All films borrow from others," another says, and the irony of it is this conversation, between five men at a diner table, is filmed in the same slow circling motion which opens Tarantino's debut film. It unfolds in a succession of wordy scenes, a repetitive narrative pattern similar to, though not as confident as (some of the most would-be challenging scenes are observed only in long-shot), Woody Allen. It's probably best described, somewhat reductively, as a harmless, perceptive "man's film", one which many might relate to. Favreau's brilliant, and Vaughn's never been better.
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Post by pizzaboy on Jul 25, 2008 19:15:49 GMT
[Review deleted due to plagiarism.]
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