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...much, and the folks high up at Buena Vista weren’t going to let the Two Stooges boss them around just because they made tidy profits on over-hyped prestige pictures and Quentin Tarantino’s ego.But what does this change mean for American cinema? For once, I don’t have a glib yet sophisticated response, one that sums up the problem while retaining a chic distance.The Weinsteins, and their company, Miramax (whose name and fairly impressive library have been retained by Disney), were a force to be reckoned with in Hollywood. Read Peter Biskind?...
...such a cool, vivid blue, you feel you could reach out and dip your hand in it. The image is so sharp, the colors so clear, you can make out the subtle pinstripes on the journalist's suit. By the time it ended its run at the Curzon cinema in London's Soho in October, the film had played every day for more than a month - but not once did it shudder, skip or pop out of focus. This picture-perfect vision comes courtesy of a brand-new digital cinema system, a combination of high-tech projector and computer server...
...distributing film copies. Digital could slash that: the prints can be made for a fifth of the cost of celluloid ones and, stored on a hard drive the size of a paperback, they are easier and cheaper to transport than heavy, bulky reels. (Eventually, films could be sent to cinemas by satellite or cable, cutting out transportation costs altogether.) A more diverse range of films could be offered, too, because studios could afford to take on riskier projects, while distributors would be able to send smaller, alternative films to wider audiences. And with up to 10 films sitting...
...between Owen and Aniston. Charles picks up Lucinda by setting a $20 bet that he can kiss her without touching her lips (he intentionally loses). Puh-lease, that’s the kind of line a Delphic guy would pull, not one of the hottest sex symbols in current cinema. The scenes play like “Unfaithful” remade by Michael Bay. As always, Aniston simply lets her hair do the acting. Her oh-so-wide emotional range suggests she’s too much of a frigid bitch to imagine that she’d actually...
...most minute of details. Every single element of this film has obviously been painstakingly thought out, and the result is simultaniously intelligent and breathtakingly beautiful. The movie is blessed with regards to its cast. Maria Schneider, in the role of “Girl” (comment from my cinema neighbor as the credits rolled: “I know it was a seventies art movie, but don’t you think he could have asked what her name was at least once?”) is the quintessential baby-woman, playing the gamine as only French girls seem...