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- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 10:35:00 CST
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- From: Rolando Recometa <$W$LB4P@LUCCPUA.BITNET>
- Subject: A Crying Gem by Jordan
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- The Crying Game is the most delightfully unusual film of the year.
- So as not to spoil your own discoveries, I will discuss the film
- mostly in generalities rather than specifics. It's a thriller
- without villains. Imagine a band without a rhythm section and how
- interesting it could be. It's a comedy in the Shakespearean mode -
- a comedy of errors with its ingredients of sex, murder, betrayal;
- replete with hoods, veils, mirrors, gauzes. It's a deliriously
- romantic tale of immpossible love(Neil Jordan's favorite theme),
- defining and redefining relationships and sex roles. The basic plot
- involves the relationship between a black British soldier(Forest
- Whitaker) and one of his IRA kidnappers. But the audience will be
- held willing hostage to more twists and turns, more misconnections
- and misunderstandings, more deception than the Reagan/Bush adminis-
- tration. You'll also encounter the most unforgettable character in
- Dil, the film's femme fatale, played by the striking Jaye Davidson.
- Miranda Richardson(Enchanted April) plays a small but pivotal role.
- The film isn't without its faults. It starts out rather slowly and
- maybe I'm just suffering from a slight case of the dreaded but
- fashionable PC virus, but I sensed misogynistic tendencies here and
- there. Nevertheless, this Neil Jordan's best film since Mona Lisa.
- The dreamlike Company of Wolves put me to sleep. High Spirits
- lowered mine. And I had mixed feelings about We're No Angels. I liked
- its look(The village looks like its about to slide into the river)
- and I found the Laurel and Hardy interpretations of De Niro and Penn
- quite amusing. But I was turned off by the films lame humor and the
- overall pointlessness. And then there's Ms. Demi Moore, whose talent
- for Vanity Fair covers exceeds her talent for acting. The Crying Game
- looks great(its use of the widescreen format is far more effective
- than Rob Reiner's obviously commercial ploy). Rob Reiner's purpose, it
- seems, is to fill the screen with close-ups of pretty faces. The problem
- is he forgot to create characters to go with these faces.
- Rolando
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