"There's nothing tragic about being 50," gigolo Joe Gillis tells the freshly face-lifted Norma Desmond in "Sunset Blvd." For once, Gillis gets it right. Certainly nothing wrong with being 50 if you happen to look as good as Paramount's restored version of Billy Wilder's creepy Hollywood classic. Filmed on unstable silver nitrate, the 1950 … [Read more...]
Archives for 2002
‘Waking Life’: Linklater’s ani adventure
Sartre meets slackers in Richard Linklater's "Waking Life," a terrific film of ideas that's perfectly matched with the DVD format. The animated meditation on dreams and man's place in the universe moves so quickly -- and in so many visual styles -- that viewers barely have time to absorb one concept before another comes rushing in. The pause and … [Read more...]