Word: dunaway
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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starring Faye Dunaway, Johnny Depp, Jerry Lewis and Paulina Porizkova...
...star extravaganza, "Arizona Dream" combines, or rather collects, such disparate talents as Faye Dunaway, Jerry Lewis, Johnny Depp, Paulina Porizkova and Iggy Pop. It's initial attraction is its big names, but--as is sometimes the case with films where extras are supermodels and even the walk-ons are famous--the story becomes convoluted...
Axel quickly falls for a wealthy widow named Elaine (Faye Dunaway). Like Daedalus escaping from Crete, Axel builds endless air machines at her insistence. The numerous crash scenes range from dumb to dumber. Though there's hardly a wrinkle on Dunaway's face and her figure is curvaceous, her Elaine clutches beauty like an iron mask, with quickly spoken words and twitchy mannerisms...
...convey his introspection. He is convincing as a big-eyed innocent (his tattoos hidden beneath a tee-shirt), but there are rebellious moments when the iconic Johnny ("I trashed a Mark Hotel room") Depp comes through. He swills liquor and sucks on cigarettes like a practiced bad boy, greeting Dunaway's flickering tongue and Taylor's open mouth with different types of kisses. But when his character tries to make decisions about love and life, his choices feel scripted...
...Arizona Dream" recalls the current musical "Sunset Boulevard": Dunaway's aging beauty seduces Depp's innocence, only to be duped by him later. Though "Dream" predates Dunaway's dismissal from the New York production of "Sunset," her Elaine gives us insight into her much-discussed potential as screen-diva Norma Desmond. Dunaway's Elaine is stronger than Norma, escaping into her Hollywood fantasies, ever could be. She conceals a murderous tendency behind her spitfire facade...