I'm scary busy at the moment but will have a bunch more posts here soon. In the meantime, is anyone else as excited about the prospects of Antonioni, Wong Kar Wai, and Soderbergh together on one film? Well, actually it's three films, put together into a feature, a la New York Stories, except, hopefully with better artistic results:
Eros (opens April 8 in selected theaters).
I'll be very curious to hear your thoughts on it. I had the same high hopes for it, but was let down when I saw it at the Berlinale last month. (I wrote a brief review of it on my site.)
The Soderbergh chapter is great, however.
Posted by: Filmbrain | March 22, 2005 at 02:00 PM
I'm afraid I will ultimately be in your camp. I should probably lower my expectations a notch, sigh. These trilogy films are always a lovely experiment on paper but rarely work in the manner we'd hope. But anyway, I will definitely report back after I see it!
C
Posted by: Craig P | March 22, 2005 at 02:07 PM
I saw it in Toronto (and I confess I walked out before the Antonioni, which is the final piece and which I hear is the weakest of the three, because I had another movie to catch, possibly Old Boy if my memory is correct). The Wong Kar Wai piece is beautiful, if a bit of an emotional letdown. I enjoyed the Soderbergh--Alan Arkin and Robert Downey, Jr. are funny and the color segments are stylish and sexy.
Posted by: Missy | March 22, 2005 at 08:00 PM
Was that the order it was shown in Toronto? I wonder if the order is arbitrary -- in Berlin it was Antonioni/Soderbergh/Wong. Maybe they move the Antonioni piece to the front due to walkouts (it is embarrassingly bad). You are right about the color segments in the Soderbergh -- they are damn sexy.
Posted by: Filmbrain | March 22, 2005 at 08:33 PM
... starting to think I should revise my initial posting to read, "Excited about the prospects of seeing this film... on DVD." Oh well, two out of three ain't a bad batting average.
Posted by: Craig P | March 23, 2005 at 11:48 AM