Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by rhizomatic (A) on April 12, 2004 at 08:15:52

In Reply to: That one has always been sitting on my 'The Worst Garbage" list posted by Victor Khomenko on April 10, 2004 at 11:13:06:

Poor, out of work, and young might be another way of putting it...Sure, there's a certain over-the-topness to the style, but degrading? No. Decadent, maybe...but I think 'I' (Paul McGann) spends most of the film, precisely, resisting the decadence and dissolution of his roomate. And the drug dealer is not painted as any cool hipster type, but as an out-and-out creep, hilariously so. Having had myself a decadent, dissolute, still charming roomate, been poor, out of work, and young in NYC, I can sympathize, but my enjoyment of the film has nothing to do with identification. It's well-acted--Richard Griffiths is especially funny--well written, and well plotted. It has period grit and cohesive texture. It's a good, dark comedy.

I didn't like it at all the first time I saw it. Not at all. Not even 'didn't like it,' it made no impression whatsoever. The second time I saw it, something clicked. How I'd failed the first time to appreciate Girffiths' performance in particular I don't know, that sometimes happens though, with music or movies or books...first time, nothing, second (maybe third) time's a charm.

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