Gorgeous music. Gorgeous setting. Gorgeous people.
I don't remember how I came across this movie that was released more than 10 years ago, in 1999.
It starts off with characters who are seemingly unconnected to each other and their relationships to one another are revealed at the end. The ending wasn't particularly mind-blowing but the entire film was enjoyable and heart-warming. It was about the journey of love, in a marriage, in a family, in the face of death. It successfully weaved multiple narratives and painted in broad strokes what love is.
Movies are like literature in literature. There's the grammar of film - the slow-moving pan, the delicate close-ups, the fast-forward transition of the city from day to night and night to day. And then there's the motion of the language - the witty, fast-paced repartee, bitter words spat like a bullet and softly-whispered, painfully honest confessions.
And Moby's Porcelain in the club scene. Wow.
The acting was amazing too. Sean Connery, Dennis Quaid, Ryan Philippe and Angelina Jolie were just some of the heavyweights that were roughing it out on screen.
It's worth multiple viewings. I shall watch it again, possibly this time with a pillow, no internet connection and a cup of hot chocolate.
2 comments:
Oh yes I remember this film :) and I used to love moby's porcelain soooooo much! Had a picture taken with him here in Singapore :)
Weetz
YES i was wondering if you'd have watched it before. hahaha and i quite like moby's music even tho im not hardcore about the genre! =)
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