Boz
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Post by Boz on Jan 22, 2007 2:13:02 GMT
Leaving Las Vegas (1995/Figgis)Originally Written 6/8/06An amateurly directed film with solid performances from Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue being the only things that save it. Figgis’s direction felt kind of TV-ish, a lot of really basic, hand-held camera shots that didn’t work in favor of the film. Cage’s Oscar-winning performance seemed like just another Cage performance, really no different than most of his other work, maybe just a little bit more over the top. Elisabeth Shue was really nothing special either, she played her role well, kind of steely at times, couldn’t tell whether this was accidental or not. Figgis kind of implied that the viewers would understand how the two main characters fell in love too much, didn’t really offer any explanation. Cage and Shue never really had excellent chemistry together either. The music was really bad at times, just some strange choices at times by Figgis, like playing the same Sting-covering-Sinatra song over and over, in a number of scenes with completely different tones. The whole film just kind of seemed like an amateur effort and a mess.
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Capo
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Post by Capo on Jan 22, 2007 11:50:30 GMT
Leaving Las Vegas (1995/Figgis)Originally Written 6/8/06An amateurly directed film... Experimental? How would you term Soderbergh's directing in Traffic?
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