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Soderbergh wryly acknowledges the film??s origins and then manages, as he so frequently does, to transcend its limitations. While prepping his team for the heist, Danny explains precisely why he would attempt such an impossible mission. His reasons are succinct, his delivery is deadpan and his air is undeniably macho. Pitt bursts the bubble when he asks, “You’ve been rehearsing that, haven’t you?” Clooney responds: “A little, did I rush? I felt like I rushed.” With any other director...
When Ocean’s crew finally executes the theft, it’s as slick as any I’ve ever seen, but the elements leading up to the climax captivate well before the film??s closing 30 minutes. Even though Ocean’s Eleven beats with a heart straight from a heist flick, through its veins courses much more substantial, more nuanced filmmaking. As with Traffic—though here much more subtlety—Soderbergh contrasts textures, colors and lighting in almost every scene. Damon’s introduction is filmed grainy...
Still, the movie is notable in many ways—for its innovative interpretation of Amenábar’s vision, for Crowe’s cutting edge script and for the stellar performances of Cruise and Diaz—and many of the film??s flaws can be chalked up to the inherent difficulties of the subject matter. If nothing else, Vanilla Sky is at the very least an eye-opening experience...
...intelligentsia. This relatively no frill treatment has restored the picture to an almost resplendent shine. Press photos, original trailers, advertising campaigns and storyboards abound, but the true treat is the audio commentary. Chicago Sun-Times critic Roger Ebert surprises with adroit and shrewd insight into the film??s technical aspects while Welles biographer Peter Bogdanovich fills in historical and personal minutia. This is the Citizen Kane we’ve all been waiting...
...tells Julie Styron (Channing) that many pornos are actually directed by women, not men—the only real difference is less sex and more foreplay. Business, on the other hand, is a female dominated film directed by a man. As written by first-time writer/director Patrick Stettner, the film??s characters are dynamically portrayed by Channing and Stiles. But while the issues Stettner tackles certainly deserve to be explored, Business is ultimately too strange to be highly effective...