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...from politics. The documentary follows the 2000 presidential election (the original plan was to release The Last Party on inauguration day, but complications arose), and, though it draws attention to some salient issues, it leaves the audience in the end sharing the same hopeless apathy Hoffman expresses from the documentary??s beginning...
Thus begins the thread of Green sympathy which seems to take the unassuming Hoffman by surprise and, by the documentary??s end, becomes clear as part of what is arguably Leitch’s unstated agenda. Watching Hoffman’s face during his frequent interviews with celebrities and less frequent interviews with congressmen becomes a show in itself; to measure by the expressions of adoration he gives these stars, one would never guess Hoffman was an established actor with intelligent roles under his belt. He gapes in agreement as Susan Sarandon reveals that “seeing...
...Personally, I still think Nair’s best film, and her most serious work, was Salaam Bombay!, which, while not a documentary??was powerful and affecting,” Fonseca says...
...said she was particularly interested in the documentary??s claim that these films influence the way children interact...
...concept and execution, Chop Suey is a marvelous paradox. It is an “autobiographical documentary?? about the world of high fashion, of glitzy entertainment, of celebrity—essentially of people who create and inhabit sublime artificial realities. Bright colors, strange costumes and set pieces command its filmic landscape. Fabulous and freakish personalities float past the lens. We lucky spectators get nice heaping eyefuls of homoerotic icons, fashion designers, super athletes, bright shining Stars, surfer dudes, tragically hip youth, quadriplegic artists. Everything is ready for its close-up; everything is so chock full of life...