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| randall |
Posted - 11/22/2006 : 12:06:18
We attended a screening of Steven Soderbergh's new film last night at Lincoln Center. While it has some failings as a narrative [it's set in Berlin after the Reich's fall but before Japan's surrender], it should interest many of you for its production values alone. It's shot, scored and posted to look like a b&w war-era Warner Bros. film, right down to the old logo which introduces it [the only thing missing was Jack L. Warner's name]. Blown-out backgrounds, classic romantic setups, the whole works. The last scene, which quotes a famous Warners classic, even got some laughter for that reason.
Not a great film in our opinion, but well worth your time. |
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| MisterBadIdea |
Posted - 08/14/2008 : 16:29:49
Clooney's inherent charisma acts against him in this one; he seems too smart to be as far behind as he is in this movie. Much like "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow," it's all tribute to classic cinema, no actual movie. |
| Sludge |
Posted - 08/14/2008 : 15:29:20
I feel the same about this. It meets the criteria for noir but left me feeling empty and unchallenged.
I wonder if the 'twist' would have felt more twisted if this were released during noir's heyday?
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| chazbo |
Posted - 08/10/2008 : 02:45:32
I watched this on DVD not too long ago. I liked the tribute it paid to film noir, both formally and plotwise, and little else.
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| Whippersnapper. |
Posted - 08/10/2008 : 00:02:42
I've just gotten round to seeing this film on tv, and I keep saying to myself "what the hell were they thinking of?".
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| randall |
Posted - 12/14/2006 : 22:59:49
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Originally posted by Joe Blevins
Odd that a movie called The Good German should be coming out at the same time as The Good Shepherd.
In Wayne's World, Mike Myers points out that the two actors who played Darrin on TV's "Bewitched" were Dick Sargent and Dick York. ("Sgt. York," get it?)
I actually wanted to submit "The Good German Shepherd" as a review for a Rin Tin Tin movie.
Letterman did that very joke a couple nights ago! |
| Joe Blevins |
Posted - 11/30/2006 : 01:53:59
Odd that a movie called The Good German should be coming out at the same time as The Good Shepherd.
In Wayne's World, Mike Myers points out that the two actors who played Darrin on TV's "Bewitched" were Dick Sargent and Dick York. ("Sgt. York," get it?)
I actually wanted to submit "The Good German Shepherd" as a review for a Rin Tin Tin movie.
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