Today's Rune: Joy.
Sunday, August 18, 2013
Woody Allen: Blue Jasmine (Take I)
Today's Rune: Joy.
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Today's Rune: Joy.
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Erik, I think Woody has done it again and I can't wait to see it! However with a big screen t.v. and a large pay channel bill, I'll probably wait for a PPV!
I fear I've only made it all they through one Woody Allen movie. I doubt I have the strength for another. :)
I really liked this film for many of the same reasons you mentioned. Also, the idea of the verisimilitude of the narrator is a really interesting thing to think about. It's told from J's point of view. Is she a reliable narrator? Subject of great discussion among my friends and I. While "Midnight in Paris" was his last well-recieved film here in the US, I think this script is on par with "Deconstructing Harry" if you look at it from a literary perspective. I hope Cate is nominated for an Oscar for this work. She was excellent, as was Bobby Cannavale.
Gina
I really liked this film for many of the same reasons you mentioned. Also, the idea of the verisimilitude of the narrator is a really interesting thing to think about. It's told from J's point of view. Is she a reliable narrator? Subject of great discussion among my friends and me. While "Midnight in Paris" was his last well-recieved film here in the US, I think this script is on par with "Deconstructing Harry" if you look at it from a literary perspective. I hope Cate is nominated for an Oscar for this work. She was excellent, as was Bobby Cannavale.
Gina
Thanks all for the comments ~~ much appreciated. Jodi, makes sense. Charles, definitely not to all tastes. Gina: agreed on all fronts and in all fonts. This is a great movie for lengthy consideration, and the shaky narrator is an excellent place to go with it. I love it~! A new movie that people are talking in depth about~! (The Butler is another, though I haven't seen it yet).
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