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| Bill Anderson... |
 Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 7:35 pm |
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This afternoon I enjoyed a movie more than any I've seen in a long time.
"Tell No One" is a French film, a mystery-thriller with enough plot to
keep any mystery lover sated for oh, I dunno, six months to a year,
guaranteed. I loved the way it doled out the information on what was
going on -- not too much at once, but continuously; something in every
scene.
You want to call it "Hitchcockian" like some of the reviews have done?
Go ahead -- but I think it's not, really. Hitchcock's plots were
generally simple, when all was said and done -- it wasn't too often that
audiences were left discussing who exactly was that blonde in the gray
suit falling out of the bell tower. Every little thing that happens in
"Tell No One" is important, so I had to watch carefully and think, think.
Afterward my companion and I spent a couple of hours over more than a
few beers hashing it all out -- "But why did she keep the secret?"
"Because otherwise she'd lose her job." "Oh, yeah...but when this
happened, why did he do this instead of that...and how did he KNOW he
needed to run...and on and on....until we finally realized all the
answers were very likely there if only we'd paid closer attention, but
we'd worked out enough to keep us happy.
Basically it was just a wonderful, intellectually challenging,
mysterious thriller that played honest with the audience and didn't deal
in arbitrary plot twists. Those are hard to find these days and I
recommend the film highly. I left the theater with a big smile on my face.
"In Bruges," "Tell No One" -- Keep 'em coming.
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Bill Anderson
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| Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 12:51 pm |
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On Sep 14, 11:34 am, Bill Anderson <
SPOILER?
Quote: I think I know who was paying for the locker, but I totally missed WHY?)
Hope not. Why don't you do all of us a "solid," like Kramer's friend
Bob Saccamanno (?), and teach Jerry how to pirate foreign films for
the underprivileged at ramcf? Pirate them artistically? |
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| Bill Anderson... |
| Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 6:23 pm |
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mutefan at (no spam) yahoo.com wrote:
Quote: On Sep 14, 11:34 am, Bill Anderson
SPOILER?
I think I know who was paying for the locker, but I totally missed WHY?)
Hope not. Why don't you do all of us a "solid," like Kramer's friend
Bob Saccamanno (?), and teach Jerry how to pirate foreign films for
the underprivileged at ramcf? Pirate them artistically?
Well, you said you'd read Ebert's review, which is LOADED with what many
would consider spoilers, including even a mention of the locker, or
"lockbox" as Ebert put it. I read his review after you mentioned it and
was pleased to see we'd both picked up on the clever structure of the
film -- that it is designed to tantalize the audience with apparent plot
holes that in fact are integral to the story. The more I think about it
the more I'm glad I had not read the book or even Ebert's review prior
to seeing the movie. I did order the book this afternoon, though.
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Bill Anderson
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