Word: limey
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...Terence plays The Limey, I play the Slimey," Peter Fonda chuckles. He speaks of his latest role opposite Terence Stamp in Steven Soderbergh's new film. It's true-slick and once-successful Terry Valentine dirties his hands with drug smuggling and even murder to preserve his comfortable Hollywood Hills lifestyle. On the other hand, Fonda's performance paints the villain ambiguously, making despicable Valentine likeable and ultimately pitiable...
...After Ulee's Gold...again, I am so privileged to have had this opportunity to work [on The Limey] with such a talented director as Steven, with such a great cast...
...closing credits? It goes to show that we all need a little bit of risk, a few surprises here and there. Though most mainstream films may pander to our expectations, there's always that occasional standout that is either more than we expected or changes what we expect. The Limey is one of those exceptions...
...Limey, director Stephen Soderbergh (sex, lies and videotape, Out of Sight) challenges genre by remolding the "revenge film" as a neo-noir. English ex-convict Wilson (Terence Stamp) flies to Los Angeles after his prison release to avenge his daughter Jenny's death. Starting with the facts and speculations offered by her friend Ed (Luis Guzman), Wilson stalks a string of criminals he believes are responsible for her mysterious and fatal car crash, eventually confronting high profile 60s record producer Terry Valentine (Peter Fonda). However, as the contrasts between the righteous Limey and slimy Valentine diminish with the film...
...given it real intensity as an image. Partly this is due to the "texture" of the photographs, which, at this scale, work like brush marks. The sky, shingled with hundreds of prints of blue (it must have been a strange sight for passing cars: the stocky, owl-like Limey tourist with the moon glasses pointing his camera at the sky and clicking away), is rich in a quite painterly way, while the copious, overlapping details from which the ground, highway and signs are recomposed seem to flicker in and out of focus, compelling attention by breaking the illusions one expects...