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...tough guy finds himself in conflict with his tender, aesthetic side. We've been here more than a few times before: Golden Boy, Humoresque, James Toback's Fingers--of which the awkwardly titled The Beat That My Heart Skipped is an acknowledged remake. Not to mention the upcoming Hustle & Flow. You know the drill: chap earns his living in a low, muscular occupation but secretly yearns for a career as a musician...
...puts it, “You can’t do a serious movie in the corporate system now unless you have re-incarnation or some science fiction gimmick.” The message is clear: don’t look for James Toback to be selling out any time soon...
...Toback may seem overzealous in his denouncement of the tenets of Hollywood cinema, but, nonetheless, it’s difficult to deny that very few mainstream directors could pull off not only the sexual content, but also some of the visual and especially sonic experimentation of When Will I Be Loved in a studio setting. This is to say nothing of his earlier films, particularly considering that his latest is actually more digestible than more intense offerings like 1999’s racially charged drama Black and White...
Toback’s consistent fascination with the darkness inherent in human personality and the way that sex can be a tool for self-discovery at the same time that it can inspire madness keep Toback tucked safely away from the norm...
...long overdue” semi-autobiography, a project he has been writing for years, even before 2002’s Harvard Man even shot. The coming months will also see the release of the Bobby Darin biopic Beyond the Sea, directed by Kevin Spacey and cowritten by Toback. Regardless of what he chooses to do next, his future projects will likely be as thematically ambitious and daring unless he makes a serious change in genre...