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Any good?

posted 20 years ago by thewillowraven321
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i am a growing David Krumholtz fan, so lately ive been checking out some of the movies he's been in. i saw this one and it looked interesting (plus, i have a soft spot for aspiring musicians, which i hear he is in this movie)so i ordered it on netflix. but for those of you who have seen it, is it any good? there doesnt seem to be many posts here, but that doesnt necessarily mean anything. anyway, let me know what you thought!

thanks

an obsessive alien

"Boy this bird is dry. Haven't you people ever heard about basting?"~Bernard

[–] benjo18 20 years ago

By now you have probably watched it and loved it. It is just another great film by Edward Burns.
David Krumholtz was excellent in this film. He has worked with Ed Burns again in Looking For Kitty which I am waiting for them to release.
I hope you liked it.

[–] thewillowraven321 20 years ago

actually, i just got it from Netflix and as soon as i finish the Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, i'm going to watch it. so i'll reply again once i've watched it. the reason it took so long is because the rest of my family had movies from netflix and they werent watching them. so by the time they finally sent them back i had 7 movies on order from netflix. it was driving me crazy! :)

"Boy this bird is dry. Haven't you people ever heard about basting? " -Bernard

[–] thewillowraven321 19 years ago

ok i finally watched it about a week ago. not quite my style. it was a little weird. but then it started to grow on me, so i went ahead and bought it. i loved Krumholtz's part in it. the scenes with him and Brittany Murphy were really sweet. the movie was worth seeing just for the ending.

"Boy this bird is dry. Haven't you people ever heard about basting? " -Bernard

[–] benjo18 19 years ago

I'm glad you liked it. I think they all played great roles, especially Krumholtz. Listening to the director's commentary was great. Ed Burns talks about how Krumholtz was cracking him up so much during one of the scenes that he couldn't look at him.

[–] a_moran3 19 years ago

I really enjoyed this film. Actually when I went into filmmaking a few years ago, this film really inspired me into filmmaking. This film has a lot of Woody Allen characteristics, its most likely a neoteric Woody Allen flick. Anyway I really enjoyed this film, just one of those New York lifestyles to have. I love New York (Red Sox fan) and this film!

[–] BethH24 19 years ago

benjo18 which scene was it where he was crackin up laughin so much he couldnt look at him ?

[–] TopherNolan 19 years ago

The "stare down" scene, where Krumholtz is waiting outside Rosario's apartment when she comes home with Burns. She goes inside to get the keys, and Ed decides to wait outside to get to know his "pal".

I enjoyed the commentary on this film, about shooting without permits, lighting with natural light and one chinese lantern, etc. I disagree with Ed Burns about the necessity of shooting on film stock rather than DV, but I do agree with the "continuity is for pansies" philosophy. I didn't think the jump cuts really worked as well in this film as Burns thought they did, though. There were so many scenes where the jump cut comes right in the middle of a sentence, and instead of making it seem like a more authentic documentary style, it just emphasized the artificiality of the situation -- there had to have been multiple takes to get the two halves of the jump cut, which undermines the idea of a "run and gun" documentary style. Still, I'd recommend the commentary to anyone who is contemplating a low-budget production, and thinks they have a story to tell.

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