Boz
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Post by Boz on Jan 21, 2007 22:46:41 GMT
The Limey(1999/Steven Soderbergh) [First Viewing] A British ex-con comes to the United States to avenge the death of his daughter.Provocative and moody crime thriller, inspired very much by John Boorman's "Point Blank", as well as many other films from that era. Soderbergh makes great use of California locations, and provides the film with an interesting and subtle tone, as well as a great soundtrack and score. Terence Stamp is phenomenal. Glad you liked it. I'm beginning to feel more and more than Soderbergh is really THE director of the modern era. Yes, he's had his missteps along the way, and The Good German isn't getting the best reviews, but he's definitely made some of the best films of the past decade or so, and he's established a pretty varied collection of styles across his different films. I still need to see most of his stuff from the 90's unfortunately. And you definitely hit the nail on the head with "subtle" in reference to The Limey. Definitely a very subdued and kind of methodical style as I remember it, much like it's main character. I love Soderbergh's use of the flashback at the end, which is actually a clip from an old Terence Stamp movie. Nice peaceful way to end a fairly violent story.
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