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Tony Scott decided to do an exercise in style and grit: frenetic editing, rewinds, handheld, grainy, and plenty of seamy ugliness. Domino is the hardly-based-on-any-real-story of the alleged daughter of Laurence Harvey who came to Hollywood with her mom after his death in England. Domino becomes a rebel, gets kicked out of a few schools, and starts looking for something exciting to do in the real world. Enter Rourke, Delroy Lindo, and two hired guys (Choco and Alf the Afghan). She haphazardly joins the crew and starts a career that is nearly ended with an infringement on "the mob" which is mostly what the movie covers. Action and violence lovers will be satiated and we learn, along the way that "everybody knew Frank Sinatra".Overall, it was a good story but somewhat tedious to sit through. I don't want to be spoon-fed a story but I would appreciate not getting motion sickness from all the style and art.
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very short lived one, it turns out.
That would be William Hurt, but Mickey was first seen in Diner, AFAIK.His best was in 'Angel Heart' IMO. Probably the best appearance for DeNiro too...my fave, at least.
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Actually, the movie is based on a 100% real person. The late Domino Harvey wasn't the "alleged daughter of Laurence Harvey", she was the daughter of Laurence Harvey and model Paulene Stone. Domino Harvey seems to have had a serious jones for adrenalin. After a stint in London where she may or may not have worked as a model, she worked as a ranch hand and firefighter before becoming a bounty hunter in South Central LA, and by all accounts a very good one. Of course the movie took great liberties with her life (like any Hollywoood biopic) but there's no question that Domino Harvey was a real person.
The actual film story probably just accidently grazes the reality of her saga.
Can he still smile, the old mummy?
If he liked seeing himself on screen. He said "not as much since . . " and trailed off. Got the impression he was painfully aware of his looks going completely downhill as if it were attributable to one thing. Boxing, drinking, accident? Who knows?
... plastic surgery.
Why he didn't get absolute advice to not do so or didn't listen to such advice is anybody's guess.
I heard a plastic surgeon state this with absolute confidence.
...but he's one hell of an actor and, IMHO still is.
that turned me off to it. After seeing it previewed at at least 5 movies over the last two months, I had no desire to invest time and $$ in it. Ya want good Tony Scott? True Romance. End of story.
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And it was the first time I saw Gandolfini and immediately felt he had a future. I think the "eggplant" exchange between Hopper and Walken is one of the all-time great scenes in modern film.
..often 'copied' but never matched.
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