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The Weather Man.

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Nick Cage has two acting "hits" in row. The rather neglected Lord of War and now this.
Recently, beginning with American Beauty, we've seen a group of films about non-heroes oozing angst and ennui. Broken Flowers, Lost in Translation, that Coen bros. Billy Bob Thornton b/w flick, Lord of War.
I like most of these films but I don't know if the genre has legs. At any rate, it's a decent way to spend a few hours but expect to be hit over the head with metaphors.

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Re: The Weather Man. - sjb 17:02:10 11/17/05 (0)
Definitely ripped off Spike Jonze/Charlie Kaufman in having a movie start with a kind of depressed Nicolas Cage doing an internal monologue (Adaptation) and by having him hit with a flying drink (Being John Malkovich).
Otherwise I liked it and I liked that even when he accepts himself we're not being told to feel good about that acceptance or about who/what he is. Very similar to Lord Of War in that they never try to make him very likeable (though in the case of The Weather Man it's not too hard to have some empathy/sympathy).

"Where are we going? And what am I doing in this hand basket?"
Re: "I don't know if the genre has legs" - Jeff Starrs 08:09:49 11/16/05 (5)
American cinema trying to find it's feet?
- Re: "I don't know if the genre has legs" - patrickU 09:51:31 11/16/05 (4)
  Well the American cinema is the mother of all the rest.
  - Re: You forget... - Jeff Starrs 11:34:45 11/16/05 (3)
    the Lumi�re Brothers and M�li�s.
    Shame on you.
    - Re: Nuts ( mon oeil ) I forgot nothing------ - patrickU 00:42:14 11/17/05 (2)
      A new M�li�s film has been discovered right now. Title? Cl�op�tre, length? two minutes.
      An that made the 202th film on about 520 that he did made, whose possession we now enjoy.
      And I persiste of course, Americans films are the mother of all the others...Nobody is going to argue about that...Not even you...
      - Re: Nuts ( mon oeil ) I forgot nothing------ - Jeff Starrs 00:47:52 11/17/05 (1)
        
        In Reply to: Re: Nuts ( mon oeil ) I forgot nothing------ posted by patrickU on November 17, 2005 at 00:42:14:
        
        doucement!
        nous pouvons aussi avoir des opinions diff�rent, n'est pas?
        ;0)
        
        Re: Nuts ( mon oeil ) I forgot nothing------ - patrickU 04:00:03 11/17/05 (0)
        
        In Reply to: Re: Nuts ( mon oeil ) I forgot nothing------ posted by Jeff Starrs on November 17, 2005 at 00:47:52:
        
        Heureusement! Still....
Re: Well " American Beauty " - patrickU 08:01:49 11/16/05 (4)
Was one of the biggest shit ever. But a film I now much higher value is LiT. After the...forth viewing I think this will become a classical.
- You're very right about LiT but very wrong about - tinear 16:36:17 11/16/05 (3)
  AB. It's a satire on American life so your lack of American experience may disqualify you from appreciating its considerable charms.
  - Re: You're very right about LiT but very wrong about - patrickU 04:00:55 11/17/05 (2)
    Yes the charm of killing oneself...He-he
    - Re: Did I? No I did not. - patrickU 06:53:53 11/17/05 (0)
      Art and morality BTW are an entity for me. I always have to go through the shades...
    - We're talking art, not morality. I thought you liked Ganz's Hitler film? nt - tinear 04:55:45 11/17/05 (0)
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