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...story shifts back to the present for a wrap-up that comes across as contrived (the same problem plagued Saving Private Ryan). Instead of ending the film in the present, it would have been much more powerful to cut it off in the past. Still, despite this minor blemish, the film is a spectacular cinematic achievement, and although Oscar time is still far away, The Green Mile seems destined to grab the Academy's attention...
...directors latest, the fanciful Sweet and Lowdown, is in most respects a minor work of art, though it is pleasant and interesting. But enthusiasts should note that it represents something of a breakthrough for Allen, in that the main character, fictional 30s jazz guitarist Emmet Ray (Sean Penn), is a brooding, inarticulate, freewheeling figure motivated by moody emotions. Sure, hes neurotic as hell, but not in the style of nebbishy self-analysis that has informed so many Allen protagonists. Emmets comic/pathetic exploits are governed by the cadences of jazz, which has always been a background presence in Allens movies...
...such supporting actor is sophomore BJ "Brian" Averell in the role of Bela Zangler, the illustrious Hungarian owner of The Zangler Follies in New York City. While Averell has become a minor celebrity after his recent stowaway escapade, he was clearly meant to play Bela, with his slapstick antics and comic walk and accent. The sub-plot of Bela and Tess' love affair adds more fuel to the comic fire of Crazy...
SCHENECTADY, N.Y.--The Harvard men's hockey team had a little extra baggage to carry with it on its second (and shortest) of three annual trips to upstate New York: the burden to prove that its last three losses in four games was only a minor setback...
...personality. Deconstructing Harry focused on Woody the selfish lover, Celebrity on Woody the capricious star. The new one has reverbs of Woody's Monday-night gigs in a classical jazz ensemble. Sweet and Lowdown is about one sour fellow, but it's another character who gives this minor movie a surprising lilt and afterglow...