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Watched it last night. Great performances all around. Penn's was head-and-shoulders above the overstated, over-hyped one he gave in Mystic River. But, what purpose did the fragmented structure serve? What artistic purpose? Ran as a linear narrative, would the film have been less compelling? I don’t know. Certainly, though, the additional demands on the viewers' attention created by the film's structure create an artificial measure of depth and complexity. And the narration, from which the film takes its name: who cares? It occupied maybe two or three minutes of film time. Why do we need some "meditation" (random thoughts) on the 21-gram myth and its weight equivalencies (5 nickels, a candy bar, etc.)? More false depth. What’s frustrating is that it all distracts from a film that might have been all the more compelling without it. Why not trust the performances and interrelationships as sufficient in themselves? This is covert Hollywoodism masquerading as "artfulness." Just as cynical at bottom.
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Topic - 21 Grams - Bulkington 07:29:02 04/19/04 (34)
- Re: 21 Grams - RGA 19:11:19 04/19/04 (1)
- Re: 21 Grams - Sean Jean 10:53:56 04/19/04 (0)
- Re: 21 Grams / You have my full support.. - patrickU 10:16:30 04/19/04 (0)
- You probably dislike Pollock or other - tinear 10:07:41 04/19/04 (16)
- Re: You probably dislike Pollock or other - Bulkington 10:35:41 04/19/04 (15)
- Three excellent films with narration pop right into my head. - dennzio 11:07:22 04/19/04 (14)
- Re: 3 More excellent films w/ narration - geoffkait 02:17:29 04/20/04 (1)
- Re: 3 More excellent films w/ narration - Gee LP 11:55:01 04/21/04 (0)
- Re: Three excellent films with narration pop right into my head. - rico 11:32:58 04/19/04 (6)
- Thank God Kubrick didn't employ a narrative with 2001. Perhaps if Hal had narrated..........nt - dennzio 16:29:27 04/19/04 (5)
- "We had been floating in space for some time, when one day I suddenly became sentient..."(nt) - rhizomatic 08:55:34 04/20/04 (2)
- Re: "We had been floating in space for some time, when one day I suddenly became sentient..."(nt) - clbeanz 12:35:35 04/20/04 (1)
- There you go man.... - dennzio 15:34:41 04/20/04 (0)
- Re: Thank God Kubrick didn't employ a narrative with 2001. Perhaps if Hal had narrated..........nt - rico 07:49:36 04/20/04 (1)
- Thank God nt - Bulkington 08:59:32 04/20/04 (0)
- American Beauty - Bulkington 11:27:28 04/19/04 (4)
- Disagreement about the narration in AB. - tinear 18:23:05 04/19/04 (1)
- Perhaps - Bulkington 06:40:28 04/20/04 (0)
- Re: American Beauty - dennzio 16:24:29 04/19/04 (1)
- Re: Apocalypse Now - rico 07:54:08 04/20/04 (0)
- It is masterly told, for good reasons: - orejones 09:24:47 04/19/04 (10)
- Re: It is masterly told, for good reasons: - Bulkington 09:51:57 04/19/04 (9)
- "I just can't shake this feeling like a needless or cynical trick." - rhizomatic 10:17:41 04/19/04 (8)
- "And Ulysses couldn've 'just' been about a day in Dublin..." - Bulkington 11:15:00 04/19/04 (7)
- Rendering a tin man a straw man - rhizomatic 12:03:35 04/19/04 (6)
- Re: Rendering a tin man a straw man - Bulkington 13:17:16 04/19/04 (5)
- Well, well, SCREW YOU THEN! - rhizomatic 13:25:35 04/19/04 (4)
- Man, take that shit OUTSIDE - Bulkington 13:31:21 04/19/04 (3)
- Hey, back off the Rhizman...he's only fooling...I think. One never knows about commies. (nt - dennzio 16:26:57 04/19/04 (2)
- Yep. But Bulkington is going to see the film at least once more! - orejones 08:22:54 04/20/04 (1)
- Give me time! - Bulkington 09:32:18 04/21/04 (0)
- Interview with Arriaga. - dennzio 08:47:23 04/19/04 (1)
- Re: Interview with Arriaga. - Bulkington 09:42:46 04/19/04 (0)
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