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Post by TylerDeneuve on Nov 29, 2023 17:33:33 GMT
Please, share your thoughts on this film? How do you think it compares to the 1955 adaptation starring Deborah Kerr? I think it's absolutely swoon-worthy - visually dazzling and passionately acted. Despite its Best Actress nomination for Julianne Moore and its 10 (!!!) BAFTA nominations, it seems curiously underrated - it's very rarely discussed (if at all)... Neil Jordan often doesn't get the credit he deserves.  Let's discuss!  |
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Post by ibbi on Nov 29, 2023 20:12:44 GMT
I haven't watched it in maybe 20 years, and I never saw the old one, but I love it. Love that ensemble, love how lived-in it feels, love how fucking miserable the whole thing is. Even more than the two legendary leads, Ian Hart and his son stuck with me more than anything.
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Nov 29, 2023 20:36:56 GMT
Love the music and Stephen Rea's underrated performance but the whole thing is so unbearably melancholy and guilt-fixated. It infuses the lurid eroticism of 90s Hollywood romance with Greene's self-loathing and the whole thing ends up feeling like a confusing and self-contradictory tease. It's such a drag.
I file this one alongside 80s slashers for movies where having sex gets you killed.
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Nov 29, 2023 20:40:53 GMT
flawless music though. Nyman is just the best.
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Post by PromNightCarrie on Dec 1, 2023 0:20:24 GMT
On a Julianne Moore kick, huh, Tyler?
Have not seen the original, but I love everything about this movie. I always had this idea that I was in the minority there and people may have found it too dour and melodramatic (maybe the Ebert review formed that assumption). Here you have a Graham Greene story, religion, passion, twists that Neil Jordan gets right, Julianne Moore killing it (especially in that scene that is the turning point - which might be my favorite Julianne Moore acting moment), Stephen Rea (always terrific), that gorgeous Michael Nyman score, and of course my forever boo/top 10 living actor Ralph Fiennes doing what no one does better in that type of role.
Come on, make this a double feature with the English Patient, fellas. I dare you.
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Post by TylerDeneuve on Dec 5, 2023 22:32:45 GMT
I made a separate poll for this question, but upon reflection, it probably fits best here... According to the film's IMDb Trivia Page, both Miranda Richardson and Kristin Scott Thomas were interested in playing the role of Sarah, but Julianne Moore eventually won the role.
Can you imagine either of those brilliant actresses in the film? Are you glad the part ultimately went to Moore?
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Post by TylerDeneuve on Jan 3, 2024 15:51:09 GMT
flawless music though. Nyman is just the best. This is supposedly one of Nyman's favorites of his own compositions - it's just beautiful, isn't it?: |
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Jan 3, 2024 19:42:36 GMT
@ TylerDeneuve everything that man composes is beautiful but I think I'm more partial to his work on The Piano and especially his Greenaway collabs. I don't know if you saw the 2018 doc about Alexander McQueen but one of my favorite things about it (apart from the fashion!) was that they exclusively scored it with past Nyman compositions.  he makes such stirring & exciting classically-inspired music. His Drowning By Numbers score was derived from Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante but has entirely his own spin. There was a time I had this stuff on repeat for hours |
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Post by TylerDeneuve on Jan 16, 2024 5:00:36 GMT
Love doesn't end, just because we don't see each other.
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