Steve:
I would say both reviews are accurate. I was surprised at how
expertly made + acted 13 Tzameti was. This is a powerful
movie, one that sticks with you, and about as noir as you can
get. "In Bruges" was a lot of fun, very well made, and with
some terrific performances (including as John Lau pointed
out, a very angry one by the chameleon-like actor, Ralph
Fiennes). But when you cut through the glitz there's not a
lot of substance underneath. Still, though, I'd recommend
it--I enjoyed it more than most of the movies I've seen over
the past year--and all that glitz was very well done--and
again, great dialogue--and the movie fits squarely as
noir.
I apologize for dragging the group into this Belgium
discussion. After seeing characters in both "In Bruges" and
"Memory of a Killer" make comments how they hate Belgium, I
was curious whether this was some sort of insider joke for
Europeans--but I'd suggest at this point the discussion
drop.
--Dave Z.
--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Steve Novak
<Cinefrog@...> wrote:
>
> Of course some lofty minded rara-avian is going to
object to the
NYTimes and
> the Los Angeles Times as debilitating leftists rags
and I should have
> searched longer for reviews in WSJ or other more
adequate journos
> (NRO?)...but here it is anyway...
>
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